University of Minnesota. Division of Entomology and Economic Zoology

Entomology was first listed as a collegiate-level course in the 1874-1875 University Bulletin for the College of Agriculture. In the 1877-1878 Bulletin, Economic Entomology was listed in the description of the College of Agriculture’s scope of instruction, noting the subject included “general characters of insects; characters and peculiarities of those families containing useful or injurious members; together with a special study of the more important individuals of these families.”

The 1889-1890 University Course Catalog for the College of Agriculture listed Entomology as a course of instruction, and the following year’s Catalog listed Otto Lugger as both botanist at the Agricultural Experiment Station and Professor of Entomology and Botany for the College of Agriculture. Frederick L. Washburn was named as Entomologist for the Station and Professor of Entomology in the 1901-1902 Catalog.

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