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Waldo L. Schmitt

Waldo L. Schmitt NOTES AND NEWS WALDO L. SCHMITT 25 June 1887-5 August 1977 BY FENNER A. CHACE, JR. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A. A 70-year career devoted to marine biological (especially crustacean ) research and exploration, with emphasis on the promotion of the discipline and assistance to associates less fortunately situated than he was, came to a close when Waldo LaSalle Schmitt passed away in Sandy Spring, Maryland, at the age of 90. Waldo Schmitt was born in Washington, D.C., of German-American parents and attended public schools there. Because of an early interest in botany, especially forestry, his first job was as an aide in the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Intro- duction in the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1907. In 1910, he served as scientific aide in the Division of Marine Invertebrates at the U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, but in the same year he transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries as scientific assistant on the research steamer "Albatross". This appoint- ment led to participation in an expedition to Lower California and an Alaskan salmon investigation in 1911; the biological survey of San Francisco Bay, Califor- nia, in 1912-13; and a halibut survey off Washington and Oregon http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

Waldo L. Schmitt

Crustaceana , Volume 34 (1): 8 – Jan 1, 1978

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0011-216X
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1568-5403
DOI
10.1163/156854078x00583
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NOTES AND NEWS WALDO L. SCHMITT 25 June 1887-5 August 1977 BY FENNER A. CHACE, JR. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A. A 70-year career devoted to marine biological (especially crustacean ) research and exploration, with emphasis on the promotion of the discipline and assistance to associates less fortunately situated than he was, came to a close when Waldo LaSalle Schmitt passed away in Sandy Spring, Maryland, at the age of 90. Waldo Schmitt was born in Washington, D.C., of German-American parents and attended public schools there. Because of an early interest in botany, especially forestry, his first job was as an aide in the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Intro- duction in the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1907. In 1910, he served as scientific aide in the Division of Marine Invertebrates at the U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, but in the same year he transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries as scientific assistant on the research steamer "Albatross". This appoint- ment led to participation in an expedition to Lower California and an Alaskan salmon investigation in 1911; the biological survey of San Francisco Bay, Califor- nia, in 1912-13; and a halibut survey off Washington and Oregon

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CrustaceanaBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1978

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