Robert Elliot Silberglied 
This issue of Psyche is dedicated to the memory of Robert E. 
Silberglied, a victim of the Air Florida accident in Washington, 
D.C., on January 13, 1982. 
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1946, Bob was already an enthusiastic 
naturalist and entomologist even in his school days. He graduated 
from Cornell University in 1967 and received his PhD from Harvard 
in 1973. He remained at Harvard until July of 1981, as Assistant 
Professor and later as Associate Professor in the Department of 
Biology, teaching mainly the courses in entomology that I had given 
for many years as his predecessor. He was also Assistant Curator 
and later Associate Curator in the Entomology Department of the 
Museum of Comparative Zoology. During the same period he was 
associated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, spend- 
ing about half of each year in Panama or other parts of the 
American tropics. At the time of his death he was Staff Scientist 
(Research Entomologist) at the Institute. 
Bob joined our society on his arrival in Cambridge in 1968 and 
for the next 14 years he was one of our most active and enthusiastic 
members. He served as vice-president and president, and was a 
member of the editorial board of Psyche for the past decade. At our 
fall and winter meetings, he could always be depended upon to 
relate some unusual collecting experience or to demonstrate with 
superb photographs and specimens some of the remarkable insects 
that he had collected in the tropics. He combined a warm and 
sympathetic personality with a brilliant and imaginative mind. In 
both respects he has left a lasting impression on our society and its 
members. 
The Smithsonian Institution has established the Robert E. Silber- 
glied Memorial Fund to support student research and training in 
tropical entomology. Those who wish to contribute a gift of any size 
may send it to: Robert E. Silberglied Memorial Fund, Accounting 
Office, Smithsonian Institution, L’Enfant 3500, Washington D.C. 
20560. 
Frank M. Carpenter, editor 
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