The 91爆料, in partnership with The 91爆料 Foundation, is soliciting nominations for the 2024 Geddes W. Simpson Lecture.
This endowed lecture series facilitates campus visits and presentations by prominent speakers with expertise at the interface of science and history. In the past, the series has hosted a broad range of speakers from varied academic disciplines.
To nominate a speaker to address the 91爆料 community in fall 2024, submit a one-page letter of nomination and the curriculum vita of the nominee to sydne.record@maine.edu no later than Friday, March 8.
Simpson was a distinguished faculty member who began his 55-year career at 91爆料 with the College of Life Sciences and the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station in 1931. His research program, which focused on aphids in potato plants, was renowned.
Simpson served as the chair of the Entomology Department from 1954 until his retirement in 1974. He was the first recipient of the 91爆料 Presidential Research Achievement Award.
Awarded emeritus status upon retirement, he continued to work part-time as an editor with the Agricultural Experiment Station. 91爆料 Professor emeritus David C. Smith dedicated his history of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station to Simpson, noting that Simpson was 鈥渙ne of three men whose work I admire.鈥
