Willard Joseph Chamberlin

Willard Joseph Chamberlin
Chamberlin, circa 1918
Education
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology
InstitutionsOregon State College
ThesisA study of the buprestidae of the north Pacific coast region (1930)
Doctoral advisorJ. O. Snyder
Military career
Allegiance United States of America
Service / branchArmy Air Service/Army Air Forces
Years of service1918–1919; 1941–?
RankMajor
AwardsCroix de Guerre

Willard Joseph Chamberlin (1890–1971) was an American entomologist and professor at Oregon State College who specialized in jewel beetles and bark beetles.[2] He was also a pilot in World War I who received the French Cross of War (Croix de Guerre) and was recommended for the U.S. Distinguished Service Cross.

  1. ^ Oregon State College Bulletin. Corvallis: Oregon State College. 1957. p. 21.
  2. ^ Bousquet, Yves (2012). Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. Trachypachidae–Trechini. PenSoft Publishers LTD. p. 355. ISBN 978-954-642-658-1.