OBITUARY 
PAN-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGIST 
Vol. 55, No. 1, p. 74 
HERBERT H. ROSS, 1908-1978 
On November 2, 1978, one of our most illustrious entomologists, Dr. 
Herbert H. Ross, died in Athens, Georgia. Herb was born in Leeds, En¬ 
gland, March 3, 1908 and was educated at the University of British Columbia 
(B.S.A. 1927) and the University of Illinois (M.S. 1929; Ph.D. 1933). Fol¬ 
lowing his retirement from the Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, 
Illinois (1969) after many years of service (including Principal Scientist 
and Acting Chief), he joined the Entomology Department at the University 
of Georgia, where he retired in 1975. 
The contributions that Dr. Ross made to the Biological Sciences are far 
reaching. His Textbook of Entomology (1965) and Biological Systematics 
(1974) are widely used in General Entomology and Systematic Biology 
courses, and although his excellent research on Trichoptera systematics is 
foremost in our minds, his prodigious publication record of over 200 papers 
includes studies of Orthoptera, Dermaptera, Homoptera, Hemiptera, Ple- 
coptera, Hymenoptera, Megaloptera, and Diptera. In addition, his influence 
on biogeographical and aquatic entomological studies is immeasurable; his 
work undoubtedly ranks among the outstanding contributions in these areas. 
Herb had a lifelong interest in the insect fauna of North America and he 
completed faunal studies on the Trichoptera of both Baja California (1951) 
and British Columbia (1952); among his last projects were systematic studies 
of insects from Pacific Islands. Long active in national and international 
scientific societies, he served as secretary-treasurer and president of both 
the Entomological Society of America and the Society for the Study of 
Evolution. 
We express our sympathy to his wife Jean, his son Charles, and his sister 
Mary. His many contributions to science will certainly be remembered by 
scholars of the future just as his kind personal philosophy will be long 
remembered by those of us who were fortunate enough to have known him. 
Donald G. Denning and Vincent H. Resh 
