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Charles W. Woodworth

Charles W. Woodworth (1865-1940) founded the Entomology Division of the University of California, Berkeley, and is considered the founder of the UC Davis Department of Entomology.

A native of Champaign, Ill., Woodworth received his bachelor's degree in 1885 and his master's degree in 1886 from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His career includes studying at Harvard University under H. A. Hagen, then considered the leading entomologist in the United States. In 1888, Woodworth was appointed entomologist and botanist at the University of Arkansas's Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. He suffered from successive attacks of malaria while in Arkansas. He left in 1891 to become assistant in entomology at the University of California (now UC Berkeley) where he founded the Division of Entomology. He also participated in the development of the Agricultural Experiment Station, the beginnings of what is now UC Davis.

At Berkeley, he advanced from assistant professor in 1891, associate professor in 1904, professor in 1913, and was named emeritus professor upon his retirement in 1930.

He published extensively. His major contributions included:

  • A List of the Insects of California (1903)
  • The Wing Veins of Insects (1906)
  • Guide to California Insects (1913)
  • School of Fumigation (1915)

Woodworth served as the first editor and first contributor to the University of California Publications in Entomology. He is also credited with first breeding in quantity, the common fruit fly, Drosophila, and suggesting to W. E. Castle that Drosophila might be used for genetical work.

Woodworth became a charter member in 1889 of the American Association of Economic Entomologists, which merged in 1953 with the Entomological Society of America, founded in 1906.

The Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America (PBESA) memorializes him with the C. W. Woodworth Award. This award, the PBESA's largest, is for achievement in entomology in the Pacific region of the United States over a 10-year period. It is principally sponsored by Woodworth's great-grandson, Brian Holden, and his wife, Joann Wilfert, with additional support by Craig W. and Kathryn Holden, and Jim and Betty Woodworth.

Partial List of C. W. Woodworth Award Recipients
Year Recipient Affiliation No.
2005 John D. Stark Washington State University 37
2004 Victoria Y. Yokoyama USDA Agricultural Research Service 36
2003 Keith S. Pike Washington State University 35
2002 James Hagler USDA Western Cotton Research Laboratory 34
2001 Robert S. Lane University of California, Berkeley 33
2000 Jay F. Brunner Washington State University 32
1999 Wyatt W. Cone Washington State University 31
1998 Harry Kaya University of California, Davis 30
1997 Jacqueline L. Robertson USDA Pacific Southwest Research Station 29
1996 Marshall W. Johnson University of California, Riverside 28
1995 Nabil N. Youssef Utah State University 27
1994 Michael K. Rust University of California, Riverside 26
1991 Thomas F. Leigh University of California, Davis 23
1990 Philip F. Torchio Utah State University 22
1989 Stanley C. Hoyt Washington State University 21
1988 John R. Anderson North Carolina State University 20
1987 Robert Washino University of California, Davis 19
1985 Carl A. Johansen Washington State University 17
1981 Harry Laidlaw University of California, Davis 13
1980 George P. Georghiou University of California, Riverside 12
1979 William G. Wellington University of British Columbia 11
19xx Carl Barton Huffaker University of California, Berkeley --
19xx Ray F. Smith University of California, Berkeley --
19xx William Harry Lange Jr. University of California, Davis --
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