¢ MONTHLY LETTER OF THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY | 
| UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

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Number 138 , po ME gS eR” | October, 1925 
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WALTER DAVID HUNTER 
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The bare announcement of Doctor Hunter's death appeared in the 
_ News Letter for Sept.mber, the information having been received.just.as that 
issue was going to press. An account of his life and connection with the 
ant of Agriculture PPRer ig in the nO eae Record of October £& om LIfe. 
Since 1905 Doctor Hunter has_ ‘been in charge of Sanaa Field Geop 
Insect. Investigations, and had an ‘intimate part in-building up the Bureau of 
Entomology to its present status. For the six-or seven. years preceding 
his death he made his headquarters in Houston,. Tex. : and from this place he 
_ directed the field operations of his branch. .He. was in personal charge of 
the work of eradicating the pink bollworm from Louisiana and the interior 
parts of Texas. His success in this field is now a matter of history and 
marks perhaps the greatest single achievement in applied entomology up to 
the present time. Requiring as it did sound entomological training and 
judgment, infinite patience, a personality. which inspired confidence and re- 
spect, and tact in influencing public opinion and meeting difficult Siuuat tones 
it shows Beet Hunter as the habia he rounded man he was. 
In Private life he was a most lovable eriana and companion. One of 
his chief characteristics was his unfailing good humor and keen wit. He 
once remarked to the writer that he didn't mind sitting down to talk to 
anybody with a sense of humor, but couldn't make a success of it where the 
-gense of humor was lacking. ee ae eal ppnigb eager taal | 
On the morning of October 13 Doctor Hunter was in El Paso, Tex., busily 
engaged in work in connection with quarantines on account of the pink ene 
worm. About noon he announced that he would lie down and rest for a short 
time before going to lunch. When friends went to. his room to accompany 
him to lunch they found him ill and summoned a physician. Doctor Hunter 
soon lost’ consciousness and was rushed to a hospital, where his death occurred 
at 6.45 p. m., a stroke of apoplexy being the cause. --.J..L. W. 
