ROSS LANG RECEIVES

THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S 1999 CALVERT AWARD

In 1987, the American Entomological Society initiated the Calvert Award to be presented to a young person who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in insect-related study. 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 Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania and an Associate of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Dr. Calvert played an important role in stimulating an interest in insects among young people.

This year, the thirteenth Calvert Award was presented to Ross Lang, an eighth grade home-schooled student from Yardley, Pennsylvania. His project, conducted over the past year, was entitled, "Maximum Moth Metabolism - Determined by Warburg." Ross, inspired by an article in Scientific American, built himself an apparatus to measure oxygen consumption and used it to measure respiration by codling moths at different temperatures. Last year, Ross was runner up for the Calvert Award with a project on whether yellow jackets can remember where they found food from one day to the next.

As the winner of the Calvert Award, Ross Lang received memberships in the American Entomological Society and the Young Entomologists' Society as well as a $50 check. Jon Gelhaus, president of the Society, made the presentation at the membership meeting of the Society on April 28 at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.

Another student was honored at the meeting. Abigail Kochanik, a senior from Cherokee High School in Marlton, New Jersey, took second place for her study, "To kill or not to kill? Part II" Ross and Abigail participated in the annual Delaware Valley Science Fairs held on March 31 at the Expo Center in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

Copyright 1999 by The American Entomological Society

Updated 6 May 1999 by Hal White

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