AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

PRESENTS ITS 1995 CALVERT AWARD TO LISA PATRICK

In 1987, the American Entomological Society initiated the Calvert Award to be presented to a young person for an outstanding insect-related project displayed at the annual Delaware Valley Science Fairs which were held April 4 at the Civic Center. The Award is named in honor of Dr. Philip P. Calvert who joined the Society as a teenager, later became its president, and was a member for 74 years. As a professor of biology at the University of Pennsylvania and an associate of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Dr. Calvert played an important part in stimulating an interest in insects among young people.

This year the Calvert Award was presented to Lisa Patrick, a ninth grade student at Central High School in Philadelphia. Her winning project dealt with the effects of chlorine-treated wastewater on stream insects. As the winner of the Calvert Award, Miss Patrick recieved memberships in the American Entomological Society and the Young Entomologists' Society as well as a $50 check. Joseph Sheldon, president of the Society, made the presentation at the membership meeting of the Society on April 26 at the Academy of Natural Sciences. It is fitting that the Calvert Award winner and also the recipient of honorable mention this year, Galeet Cohen, are students at Central High School, the same school that Calvert went to more than 100 years ago.

In addition to Lisa Patrick and Galeet Cohen, the Society presented first runner up recognition to Joshua Rufe, an seventh grade student at Pennridge Central Junior High School in Perkasie, for his project on the feeding behavior of preying mantises. Mr. Dennis Erlick, a teacher at Central High School, was given a special award for his record of sponsoring insect-related science projects recognized by the American Entomological Society.