Edward A. Steinhaus papers, 1936-1975, bulk 1939-1969

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Abstract:

This collection comprises the personal and professional papers of entomologist and academic Edward A. Steinhaus. The bulk of this collection comprises materials documenting Steinhaus' career at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and Irvine (UCI), including the establishment of the Laboratory of Insect Pathology at UCB and his appointment as the first Dean of the School of Biological Sciences at UCI. Other UCI files contain materials relating to the founding of the School of Biological Sciences and Center for Pathobiology, in addition to the planning and opening of the UCI campus. This collection also contains files documenting Steinhaus' research in insect pathology, insecticides, and microbial control; his professional activities, particularly with the Entomological Society of America, Society for Invertebrate Pathology, and National Academy of Sciences; and his extensive work with scientific journals such as the Journal of Insect Pathology and Annual Review of Entomology. Materials include correspondence, research files, and published and unpublished writings, in addition to some photographs, slides, and audio recordings.

Extent:

25 Linear Feet (25 boxes)

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Edward A. Steinhaus papers. MS-F01. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:

The original order of the files was maintained for some parts of this collection. Some original folders contained handwritten notes by Mabry C. Steinhaus, wife of Edward Steinhaus, providing information about the contents of the folders. These notes were transcribed onto archival quality folders during refolding of materials for preservation purposes.

Biographical / historical:

Edward A. Steinhaus was a noted entomologist and academic known for his extensive work in insect pathology and was the first Dean of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He was born on November 7, 1914 in Max, North Dakota and entered North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State University) in 1932, graduating with a B.S. in Bacteriology in 1936. In 1939 he received his Ph.D. in Bacteriology, with a minor in entomology, from Ohio State University. He stayed at Ohio State University for another year, engaged in post-doctoral research. In 1940 he married Mabry Clark.

From 1940 to 1944 Steinhaus was employed as a bacteriologist at the US Public Health Service Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton, Montana, where he conducted research primarily on tick-borne diseases and associated vaccines. He resigned from the Rocky Mountain Laboratory when he was appointed Assistant Professor of Bacteriology at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) in 1944.

At UCB Steinhaus was concerned mainly with bacteriology but also worked as a consultant to various agencies and organizations on arthropod-borne microorganisms of medical value. He was later transferred to the Division of Beneficial Insect Investigations and in 1945 he helped establish the Laboratory of Insect Pathology within this Division. He also began teaching courses in insect pathology during this time and compiled a textbook to support his courses, Insect Microbiology, which was published in 1946. This publication was followed by Principles of Insect Pathology in 1949, which also served as a course textbook.

Steinhaus' continued interest in the relationship between insect pathology and microbial control motivated him to found the Journal of Insect Pathology which later expanded its focus and was renamed Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. He served as editor-in-chief for these publications until 1969. In addition to his research and teaching duties at UCB, he was highly active in a number of scientific professional organizations, including the Entomological Society of America (ESA). In addition he continued to publish his research findings, work as a consultant, and serve as an editor and on editorial boards for journals such as Annual Review of Entomology, Journal of Entomology, and Virology. From 1962 to 1963 he served as President of the ESA. In 1960 Steinhaus established a separate Department of Insect Pathology at UCB, which he administered as Chairman until 1963.

University of California, Irvine (UCI) Chancellor Daniel Aldrich invited Steinhaus to become Dean of the School of Biological Sciences at the new campus in April 1963. Steinhaus accepted the appointment, becoming the first dean and faculty member at UCI. At UCI Steinhaus was responsible for the creation of a new, integrated curriculum espousing a "levels" approach to biology from molecules to the biosphere, which differed from traditional divisions between bacteriology, botany, and zoology. He was also responsible for developing the Psychobiology Department within the School of Biological Sciences. He taught courses in biological sciences and public policy, the latter of which eventually served as a model for the University Studies Program at UCI, in which senior professors taught courses for a non-major audience in areas of particular personal interest.

While on sabbatical in 1967, Steinhaus resigned as Dean and began to create plans for a UCI Center for Pathobiology. The Center was approved by campus administration in February 1969. It was intended to promote wide-ranging research in diseases in all living organisms; store pathological specimens; and serve as a repository for rare books, manuscripts, and other items relating to pathobiology. Steinhaus was appointed Head, a position in which he served until his death in October 1969.

For further biographical information, see Vision, Courage, Accomplishment: the Life of Edward A. Steinhaus (Irvine: UCI Center for Pathobiology, 1970). A biographical article on Steinhaus is also available online through "University of California: In Memoriam."

Missing Title
Date	Event
1914	Born on November 7 in Max, North Dakota.
1936	B.S. Bacteriology, North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State University).
1939	Ph.D. Bacteriology, Ohio State University.
1939	Sigma Xi.
1939	Post-doctorate Scholarship (Muellhaupt Scholar) at Ohio State University.
1940	Marries Mabry Clark.
1940-1941	Assistant Bacteriologist, US Public Health Service, Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana (RML).
1941-1944	Associate Bacteriologist, RML.
1943-1944	Member, US Army Bullis Fever Commission.
1944-1946	Assistant Professor of Bacteriology, University of California, Berkeley (UCB).
1946-1960	Director of the Laboratory of Insect Pathology, UCB.
1946-1948	Assistant Professor of Insect Pathology, Experiment Station, UCB.
1946-1948	Assistant Insect Pathologist, Experiment Station, UCB.
1948-1954	Associate Professor of Insect Pathology, Experiment Station, UCB.
1948-1954	Associate Insect Pathologist, Experiment Station, UCB.
1948-1957	Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology
1951	Invertebrates Consultants Committee for the Pacific.
1951	Consultant, Special Conference on Insect Resistance, National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
1951-1952	Journal of Entomology
1951-1952	Fulbright Fellowship offer.
1951-1953	Consultant, Pacific Science Board, NAS.
1952-1954	Journal of Economic Entomology
1952-1963	Member, International Committee on Bacterial Nomenclature, International Insect Virus Subcommittee.
1954	Fellow, Entomological Society of America (ESA).
1954-1963	Professor of Insect Pathology, Experiment Station, UCB.
1954-1963	Insect Pathologist, Experiment Station, UCB.
1955-1957	Virology
1955-1963	Annual Review of Entomology
1956-1963	Consultant, US Public Health Service, Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Study Section.
1957-1958	Vice-Chairman, Department of Biological Control, UCB.
1958-1962	Governing Board, ESA.
1959	Grace H. Griswold Lecturer of Entomology, Cornell University.
1959	Bioferm Award, ESA.
1959-1963	Chairman, International Insect Virus Subcommittee, International Committee on Bacterial Nomenclature.
1959-1969	Journal of Insect Pathology (later Journal of Invertebrate Pathology)
1960	Special Lecturer, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
1960-1961	John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow.
1960-1963	Chairman, Department of Insect Pathology, UCB.
1961	Knapp Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
1961	Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
1962	Consultant, The President's Office of Science and Technology.
1962	Doctorate of Science, North Dakota State University.
1962-1963	President, ESA.
1962-1963	Consultant, World Health Organization.
1962-1967	Member, Executive Committee of the International Colloquium of Insect Pathology.
1962-1969	Biological Abstracts
1963	Chairman, Division of Invertebrate Pathology, UCB.
1963	Honorary Member, Society of Science and Technology, India.
1963-1967	Dean of the School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine (UCI).
1963-1968	Life Sciences
1963-1968	Professor of Biological Sciences, UCI.
1963-1969	Member, US Section of the International Committee on Comparative Pathology.
1963-1969	Member, Subcommittee on Comparative Pathology, Division of Medical Sciences, NAS.
1964-1967	Vice Chairman, US Section of the International Committee on Comparative Pathology.
1964-1967	Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Comparative Pathology, Division of Medical Sciences, NAS.
1965	Honorary Fellow, L'Oranisation International de lutte Biologique Contre les Animaux et Plants Nuisibles.
1966	President, Section V, International Colloquium of Insect Pathology, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1966	Consultant, Lunar Sample Receiving Laboratory, Manned Spacecraft Center, NASA, Houston.
1966-1967	Governing Board, American Institute of Biological Sciences.
1967-1968	President and Co-Founder, Society for Invertebrate Pathology.
1968	Nominee, National Medal of Science by ESA.
1968	Honorary Member, All-Union Entomological Society of USSR.Member, NAS.
1968-1969	Director of the Center for Pathobiology, UCI.
1968-1969	Member, Executive Committee, Division of Biology and Agriculture, NAS.
1969	Member, Speaker Monagan's Advisory Committee for the Formation of the California Assembly Science and Technology Council.
1969	Chairman, Committee for the International Congress of Entomology for 1976.
1969	Nominee, Director of the National Science Foundation.
1969	Dies in October.
1970	UCI Biological Sciences Building renamed Steinhaus Hall in memory of Steinhaus.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Mabry C. Steinhaus, 1974.

Processing information:

Processed by Kirstin Julian, 2001. Guide edited and completed by Adrian Turner, 2002.

Arrangement:

This collection is organized into 3 series:

Series 1. Early academic and professional career files, 1936-1970. 16 linear ft.
Series 2. University of California, Irvine files, 1963-1970. 6 linear ft.
Series 3. Writings, 1938-1975. 3 linear ft.

Physical location:

The collection is stored offsite at SRLF. Advanced notice is required for access.

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Insects -- Diseases
Insecticides
Pathology
Insects -- Microbiology
Entomologists.
Photographic prints
Sound recordings.
Slides
Names:: University of California, Irvine -- Faculty -- Archives
University of California, Irvine. School of Biological Sciences -- Archives
Steinhaus, Edward A. (Edward Arthur) -- Archives

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.