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chanical College in 1906 and acted as entomologist and state inspector 
for that institution until 1911. He came to the Oregon Agricultural 
College as instructor in entomology and assistant entomologist of the 
experiment station in the spring of 1911. In 1916 he was made head 
of the department of entomology with the title of associate professor, 
succeeding Professor Harley F. Wilson. In 1917 he was made professor. 
He is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter. 
A. L. Lovett in the short time of seventeen years had attained leader¬ 
ship in his chosen profession. He had a wide knowledge of the insects 
of economic importance in the Pacific Northwest and was constantly 
consulted by growers and professional workers without regard to state 
or national boundaries. His contributions to our knowledge of spraying 
and spray materials are well known and he had established his reputation 
as an authority on insecticides. He w'as a pioneer in the scientific 
investigation of the use of spreaders for insecticidal sprays. In spite 
of his pressing duties in economic entomology, he found time, until 
recently, to make contributions to systematic entomology, particularly 
on the Syrphidae. His published papers, both technical and popular are 
characterized by a clarity of style and aptness of expression that have 
made his contributions particularly valuable. The loss to economic 
entomology due to his mature experience is incalculable. 
His eager interest to promote professional intercourse and co¬ 
operation among entomological workers was illustrated by his leading 
part in the inauguration of meetings of professional workers interested 
in the agriculture of the Northwestern states and British Columbia, 
which afterwards developed into the informal organization known as the 
Northwestern Association of Horticulturists, Entomologists and Plant 
Pathologists. His own fine generosity, modesty, and vision of profession¬ 
al service were largely instrumental in determining the practice of free 
interchange of unpublished information on entomological problems, 
which has characterized this organization from the first. His passing 
will leave a void in this fellowship. 
While entomology has suffered a real loss in his untimely death, his 
associates and co-workers in the Pacific Northwest, in the United States 
and in Canada, will feel intimately the loss of his virile personality. 
The happy comradeship of road, hotel, and camp, where he never failed 
“to hold up his end” as a joyous companion, in work or in play, will be 
sadly missed. G. A. Dean 
R. C. Treherne 
L. P. Rockwood 
