Kenneth Eugene Frick

Biographical Sketch, by Hany Abdoun, Archives Intern

Kenneth Eugene Frick was born in San Jose, California on April 26, 1917. He received his A.B. in 1941 and his Ph.D. in 1950, both from San Jose State University and both in Entomology.

Dr. Frick served as Assistant Entomologist (1949-1957) and Associate Entomologist (1957-1961) at Washington State University. Beginning in 1961, he was a staff member in the United States Department of Agriculture, Entomological Research Division, bio-control weeds investigations. He was as a Research Associate in the Department of Entomology at the California Academy of Sciences (1960-1965). In 1970, Dr. Frick was appointed to the U.S. Army's Southern Seed Science Lab, in Stoneville, Missouri.

Dr. Frick was a member of several scientific organizations including the California Academy of Sciences (beginning in 1948) and the Entomological Society of America. Dr. Kenneth Eugene Frick, an expert on insect ecology, died on January 12, 1992.

Sources Consulted:

American Men and Women of Science, 12th Edition, Vol. 2, 1972.

http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/

Index Cards for the California Academy of Sciences Staff and Members. .