Wenrich, David Henry, 1885-1968

Parasitologist and educator; faculty, Dept. of Zoology, U. of Pennsylvania, (1915-1955); student of Clarence Erwin McClung at U. of Kansas, (1911-1912).

David Henry Wenrich, scientist, professor of zoology. Dr. Wenrich received his A.B., 1911 and A.M., 1912 from the University of Kansas. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1915. Dr. Wenrich joined the University of Pennsylvania faculty as an instructor in 1915, becoming an assistant professor in 1919, and a full professor in 1928. He taught zoology at the University until his retirement in 1955. During his career Dr. Wenrich named three new genera and twelve new species of protozoa, wrote extensively on chromosomes in insects, on protozoa and related subjects, and was elected to twenty-five honorary and professional societies.

Dr. Clarence Erwin McClung was head of the University of Pennsylvania's Zoology Department from 1912-1940. He was also the director of the University's Zoological Laboratory during these years. Famous for his work in sex discrimination and chromosomes, McClung was the managing editor of the Journal of Morphology for more than twenty years. Dr. McClung retired from the University in 1940.