Wheeler, George Carlos (1897-1991)

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

George Carlos Wheeler (1897-1991) went to Texas Christian University in 1914 with the intention of becoming a high school language teacher. His long-time interest in biology, however, dominated his spare time and upon transferring to the Rice Institute in 1915, Wheeler began to enroll in biology classes. His first teacher and academic advisor was Julian Huxley, who strongly influenced Wheeler to become a professional biologist. When Wheeler completed his undergraduate work at the Rice Institute in 1918, he enlisted in the army and was sent to the Yale Army Laboratory School. After Armistice, he carried out his military service at Base Hospital in Camp Dodge, Iowa. In 1919, he started his graduate work in entomology at Harvard's Bussey Institute. After he received his PhD, Wheeler went on to teach at Syracuse University, the University of North Dakota and the Desert Research Institute (University of Nevada). In 1986, Wheeler authored a brief autobiography of his early career in biology entitled My Association with William Morton Wheeler. In this work, he describes vividly the reasons why he became a biologist, his studies and experiences at Rice Institute and his work at Harvard's Bussey Institute. Also included with George Wheeler's records is the memory book that he maintained during his stay at Rice Institute. In this scrapbook, Wheeler kept photographs of the biology staff, field trips and the campus, as well as newspaper and magazine clippings and memorabilia from social events.


ANT TAXONOMY

GEORGE CARLOS WHEELER, Doctor of Science in Applied Biology, Special Field, Economic Entomology. Thesis: "The Larvae of the Subfamily Dolichoderinae and Formicinae, with a General Consideration of the Developmental Stages of Ants."


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