1941] 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
79 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
ANNAND NAMED CHIEF, HOYT ASSOCIATE CHIEF, OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT 
QUARANTINE BUREAU 
[Press notice] 
August 15, 1941. 
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard today announced the appoint- 
ment of P. N. Annand as Chief and Avery S. Hoyt as Associate Chief of the 
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Both appointments are effective 
August 16. Dr. Annand succeeds Lee A. Strong, who died June 2, 1941. 
Dr. Annand, who has been one of the assistant chiefs of the Bureau, was born 
in Telluride, Colo., in 189S. He was graduated with a B. S. degree in 1920 
from Colorado Agricultural College, where he specialized in entomology. He 
received an M. A. degree in entomology from Leland Stanford University in 
1922, and a Ph. D. in zoology and botany from Stanford in 1928. 
Before joining the Department of Agriculture staff in 1920, Dr. Annand did 
research work on sugar beet insects for a sugar company from 1920 to 1921, 
and was on the staff of San Mateo Junior College from 1922 to 1929. During 
the latter part of that time he was head of the college's department of biologi- 
cal sciences. 
From 1934 until 1937 Dr. Annand was head of the Division of Cereal and 
Forage Insect Investigations of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quaran- 
tine. In 1937 he was appointed research assistant to the chief of the Bureau. 
In April 1939 he was named an assistant chief of the Bureau. 
Dr. Annand is a member of the American Association for the Advancement 
of Science, the American Association of Economic Entomologists, the Entomo- 
logical Society of America, and the Washington Entomological Society. 
Mr. Hoyt also was an assistant chief of the Bureau. He was born in San 
Diego. Calif., on September 16, 18S8. He graduated with the B. S. degree from 
Pomona College in 1910. He held various positions under the State Depart- 
ment of Agriculture of California and was made Assistant Director in 1929 and 
Director in 1931, in which year he severed his connection with the State De- 
partment of Agriculture and became assistant chief of the Plant Quarantine 
and Control Administration, of the United States Department of Agriculture, 
which position he held until the consolidation of that Bureau in 1934 with the 
former Bureau of Entomology into the present Bureau of Entomology and 
Plant Quarantine. 
Memorandum No. 931. August 19, 1941 
DESIGNATING CHIEF AND ASSOCIATE CHIEF OF BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND 
PLANT QUARANTINE 
Dr. P. N. Annand and Mr. Avery S. Hoyt have been appointed as Chief and 
Associate Chief, respectively, of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quar- 
antine, effective August 16. Dr. Annand succeeds the late Dr. Lee A. Strong. 
Dr. Annand, who has been one of the assistant chiefs of the Bureau since 
1939, has been with the Bureau since 1929. He was born in Telluride, Colo., 
in 1898. He was graduated with a B. S. degree in 1920 from Colorado Agricul- 
tural College, specializing in entomology, and with M. A. and Ph. D. degrees 
from Leland Stanford university in 11122 and 1928. Before coming with the De- 
partment he was engaged in sugar beet insects research work and later was a 
member of the staff of the San Mateo Junior College. 
Mr. Hoyt has been one of the assistant chiefs of the Bureau since 1934. He 
was born in San Diego, Calif., in 1N8S. He graduated with a B. S. degree from 
Pomona College in 11)10. He held various positions in the State Department 
of Agriculture of California. 
Claude R. Wickard, 
Secretary. 
