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the University uf Illinois, where he was 

 Professor of Zoology and Entomolojzy, 

 Director of the State Laboratory of Nat- 

 ural History, and State Entomologist. 

 He was Professor of Zoology for 25 



he directed the first forest surveys of Illi- 

 nois. These represent only a few of his 

 innumerable interests. 



He was a member of many learned so- 

 cieties and the recipient of man\- honors. 



Stephen Alt'ii-d Forbes in about 1915, shortly before being named Chief of the Illinois 

 Natural History Survey at I'rbana. 



years, Professor of Kiitomology for 13 

 years, and Dean of the College of Science 

 for 16 years. 



He was especially interested in the in- 

 teractions of organisms and has been 

 called "the father of ecology." His inter- 

 ests covered all of biology. He investigat- 

 ed or directed investigations of the food 

 of fishes and birds, the fishes of the state, 

 and the biologN of the Illinois Ri\er, and 



Beyond this, he was active in his church, 

 helped organize the first golf club at the 

 University, was a member of a hiking 

 club, and late in life delighted in driving 

 an automobile. On his eightieth birthday 

 he was arrested for speeding, an incident 

 which gave him some pleasure. 



When the State Laboratory of Natural 

 History and the State Entomologist's Of- 

 fice were united in 1Q17 to form the Nat- 



