Pogue, Michael G.

Michael G. Pogue is an entomologist who contributed to studies of Lepidoptera at many museums and other institutions. Pogue began his extensive career in entomology as a volunteer at the Denver Museum in 1974, the same year he graduated from the University of Colorado with a B.A. His education continued with a M.S. from the University of Wyoming and culminated with a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. Pogue was a Curatorial Assistant at the Museum from 1975 to 1979, a Research Assistant at the University of Wyoming from 1979 to 1981, a Research Assistant at the University of Minnesota in 1981, a Research Entomologist for the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District, St. Paul, Minnesota, in the summers of 1982 and 1983, and a summer instructor at the University of Maryland in 1985. He then went on to be a Research Entomologist, BIOLAT Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, from 1986 to 1989 and a Museum Specialist for the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, from 1990 to 1996. In 1996, Pogue became a Research Entomologist for the USDA in Washington D.C. While at the Denver Museum, Pogue contributed greatly to the Zoology Department with his studies and collection of Lepidoptera, his preparations of entomological specimens, and his indexing of the entomological collections. Throughout the course of his career, his papers, primarily on Lepidoptera, have been widely published, and he has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including having new species named after him. A list of his published articles is available through the Bailey Archives at the Denver Museum.