Dr. J. W. Folsom - Submitted for the USGenWeb by Richard P. Sevier November 20, 2013 USGenWeb NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities, when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter information are included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. *********************************************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. *********************************************************************************************** Dr. J. W. Folsom - Madison Parish, Louisiana From Tallulah Madison Journal October 2, 1936 Dr. J. W. Folsom Dies Following Heart Attacks Dr. Justus Watson Folsom, entomologist in the division of Cotton Investigation, died at the Vicksburg Infirmary September 24, after an illness of several weeks following several heart attacks. Dr. Folsom was born in Cambridge, Mass., September 2, 1871. He received the Bachelor of Science degree in 1895 and the degree of Doctor of Science in 1899 from Harvard University. For one year (1899-1900) he was Professor of Natural Science at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. In 1900 he went to the University of Illinois as Instructor in Entomology. He was Associate in Entomology from 1906 to 1908 and Assistant Professor from 1908 to 1923. He came to the Bureau of Entomology in 1925 as Associate Entomologist. During his entire service in this bureau he was located at the Tallulah station of the Division of Cotton Insect Investigations. Dr. Folsom was interested in many phases of entomology and his publications include papers on anatomy, physiology, embryology, authority on Collembolo and Thysanura and he published numerous systematic papers on these groups. Much of his earlier economic work was with alfalfa insects. During recent years his economic studies have been devoted to cotton insects. His textbook, "Entomology With Special Reference to its Ecological Aspects," has been widely used during the past 25 years. The fourth revision published in 1934 was revised by Professor H. A. Wardle and appeared under the joint authorship of Folsom and Wardle. Dr. Folsom was a Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science and in the Entomological Society of America. He was president of the latter association during 1931. He was a member of the American Association of Economics Entomologists, serving as vice-president during 1932 (Chairman of the Cotton States Branch). He was also a member of the Ecological Society of America and of the Cambridge Entomological Club, serving as president of the latter organization in 1900. Many of the well-known entomologists of the United States were among his students at the University of Illinois. Dr. Folsom was unmarried. He is survived by his foster mother, Mrs. Josephine Seymour of Tallulah. Interment was made in the Silver Cross cemetery with Dick Tate, E. W. Dunham, R. C. Gaines, G. L. Smith, M. T. Young and Will LaFave acting as pallbearers.