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Eugene J. "Gene" Gerberg (1919–2011) was an American entomologist and entomological entrepreneur.〔"Eugene J. Gerberg" () in ''The Gainesville'' () ''Sun'', http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/gainesville/obituary.aspx?n=eugene-j-gerberg&pid=155162915, December 24 to December 25, 2011.〕 Born June 1, 1919 in Brooklyn, New York, Gerberg completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Entomology in 1939, and then a Master of Science degree in 1941, both at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. In 1941, Gerberg accepted a commission as First Lieutenant in the U.S. Public Health Service.〔Eugene J. Gerberg. 1992. Commercial Entomology for Fun and Profit. In: ''Insect Potpourri: Adventures in Entomology'', Jean Ruth Adams, ed., Gainesville, Fla.: Sandhill Crane Press, Inc., pp. 243–251.〕 His first assignment was with the Malaria Control in War Areas (MCWA) unit at New Smyrna Beach, Florida, established to control malaria around military training bases in areas where mosquitoes were abundant, to prevent reintroduction of malaria into the civilian population by mosquitoes feeding on malaria-infected soldiers. MCWA, the forerunner of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also trained state and local health department officials in malaria control strategies and techniques.〔 In 1943, Gerberg was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Sanitary Corps and assigned as Assistant Camp Medical Inspector for Camp Lee, Virginia, charged with ridding the barracks of an infestation of bed bugs so severe it had received Congressional attention.〔Eugene J. Gerberg. 2008. Entomologists in World War II. In: ''Evolution of Military Medical Entomology'', Proceedings of a Symposium at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, 16 November 2008, pp. 23–28; http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA506261.〕 After the war, he transferred to the U.S. Army Reserves to continue his military service. In 1946, Gerberg co-founded Insect Control & Research in Baltimore, Maryland, a business venture that became highly successful for him and his partners.〔 In 1954, he completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree in entomology and plant pathology at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Dr. Gerberg's notable achievements include several seminal publications. He authored the first U.S. Public Health Service pictorial key for the identification of anopheline mosquito larvae for the national malaria control program (1943), a revision of the New World species of powder post beetles of the family Lyctidae (1957), a manual for mosquito rearing and experimental techniques (1970), a manual of Florida butterflies (1989), and a bibliography of publications dealing with repellents effective against blood-feeding arthropods and leeches (2001). For many years, he single-handedly updated and published the ''World Directory of Arthropod Vector Research & Control Specialists'' on an annual basis.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eugene Jordan Gerberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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