Michener, Charles Duncan, 1918-....

Charles D. Michener is Professor Emeritus of Entomology and of Systematics and Ecology at the University of Kansas (KU). Michener received his B.S. (1939) and Ph.D. in Entomology (1941) from the University of California (UC).

Michener was born in 1918 in Pasadena, California. He was Assistant and Associate Curator of Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera (1942-1948) at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City before coming to KU in 1948 as an Associate Professor of Entomology. He was named Watkins Distinguished Professor of Entomology in 1958, and of Systematics and Ecology in 1968. During his time at the University of Kansas, he served as Chairman of the Department of Entomology (1949-1961, 1972-1975) and Director (1974-1983) and Senior Curator (1974-1989) of the Snow Entomological Museum. He retired from administration in 1989, but remained on the faculty to conduct research.

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