Bohart, R. M. (Richard Mitchell), 1913-2007

Richard Mitchell Bohart was born in Palo Alto, California on September 28, 1913. He received a B.S. in Entomology and Parasitology (1934), M.S. in Entomology (1935), and PhD in Entomology (1938) from the University of California, Berkeley. After receiving his PhD, Bohart taught and studied sod pests at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1938 to 1941. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps in 1941, serving as lieutenant commander of the Pacific Area and Washington D.C. He joined the University of California, Davis faculty in 1946 and taught general entomology, medical entomology, systematics, and agricultural entomology. Bohart retired in 1980. In 1983, the UC Davis Entomology Museum was dedicated as the Bohart Museum of Entomology. His research focused on collecting, identifying, and classifying Strepsiptera mosquitoes and wasps, the twisted-wing parasites (Order Strepsiptera), and the taxonomy of wasps in the families Sphecidae, Chrysididae, and Vespidae. Bohart passed away on February 1, 2007 in Berkeley, California at the age of 94.

Biography

Richard Mitchell Bohart was born in Palo Alto, California on September 28, 1913. He received a B.S. in Entomology and Parasitology (1934), M.S. in Entomology (1935), and PhD in Entomology (1938) from the University of California, Berkeley.

After receiving his PhD, Bohart taught and studied sod pests at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1938 to 1941. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps in 1941, serving as lieutenant commander of the Pacific Area and Washington D.C. He joined the University of California, Davis faculty in 1946 and taught general entomology, medical entomology, systematics, and agricultural entomology. Bohart retired in 1980. In 1983, the UC Davis Entomology Museum was dedicated as the Bohart Museum of Entomology.

His research focused on collecting, identifying, and classifying Strepsiptera mosquitoes and wasps, the twisted-wing parasites (Order Strepsiptera), and the taxonomy of wasps in the families Sphecidae, Chrysididae, and Vespidae.

Bohart passed away on February 1, 2007 in Berkeley, California at the age of 94.

Source:

Kimsey, Lynn S., Smith, Norman, and Washino, Robert K. "Richard M. Bohart." In Memoriam. Academic Senate, "Richard M. Bohart." In Memoriam. Academic Senate, Accessed October 22, 2010.