Lange, William Harry, 1912-2004

William Harry Lange was born in San Francisco on September 12, 1912. He received a B.S. (1933), M.S. (1934), and PhD in Entomology (1941) from the University of California, Berkeley. From 1936-1944, Lange worked for the California Agricultural Experiment Station at Half Moon Bay, Salinas, and Berkeley/Davis. During World War II, he was stationed at Salinas where he worked on vegetable crop pests and on a U.S. Department of Agriculture project to produce natural rubber. He became a lecturer and Assistant Entomologist at Davis in 1946, Associate Professor and Associate Entomologist in the Experiment Station in 1952, and Professor and Experiment Station Entomologist in 1957. He retired in 1980. William Harry Lange passed away on July 15, 2004.

Biography

William Harry Lange was born in San Francisco on September 12, 1912. He received a B.S. (1933), M.S. (1934), and PhD in Entomology (1941) from the University of California, Berkeley.

From 1936-1944, Lange worked for the California Agricultural Experiment Station at Half Moon Bay, Salinas, and Berkeley/Davis. During World War II, he was stationed at Salinas where he worked on vegetable crop pests and on a U.S. Department of Agriculture project to produce natural rubber. He became a lecturer and Assistant Entomologist at Davis in 1946, Associate Professor and Associate Entomologist in the Experiment Station in 1952, and Professor and Experiment Station Entomologist in 1957. He retired in 1980.

William Harry Lange passed away on July 15, 2004.