Kannowski, Paul B.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Paul Bruno Kannowski was born on August 11, 1927 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was the son of Max and Frances Kannowski. He attended Grand Forks Central High School, participating in the junior class play, the golf team, and was student chair of the war bond and stamp drive. He graduated in 1944. Continuing his education, he enrolled at the University of North Dakota, and was involved in the religious student organization Canterbury Club and was a member of Sigma Chi. Kannowski entered the United States Navy on August 21, 1945. He separated at Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 20, 1946. He returned to the University of North Dakota and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Science, Literature, and Arts on June 10, 1949. He received a Masters of Science degree in biology from UND in June 1952, and a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in February 1957. Kannowski was an assistant professor of biology at the University of North Dakota from 1957 to 1960, and then became an associate professor until 1969. He became professor until his retirement in 1990, and was named Professor Emeritus of Biology in 1991. He was chair of the department from 1963 to 1970 and 1982 to 1988. Kannowski received numerous honors and awards, including the Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship of the National Science Foundation (1966-67), the Award for Outstanding Scientific Research from the UND Chapter of Sigma Xi (1978), and the Professional Award, Central Mountains and Plains Section, of the Wildlife Society (1988). Actively involved in many organizations, Kannowski held memberships in the Entomological Society of America, North Dakota Academy of Science, the Nature Conservancy, and the American Society of Zoologists.

ANT TAXONOMY
Research on the role of pheromones in courtship and mating behavior in insects, esp. ants

PUBLICATIONS

 * Kannowski, P. B. 1954. Notes on the ant Novomessor manni Wheeler and Creighton. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 556:1-6.


 * Kannowski, P. B. 1956a. The ants of Ramsey County, North Dakota. Am. Midl. Nat. 56: 168-185.


 * Kannowski, P. B. 1956b. Ecological distribution of certain bog ants of southeastern Michigan. [Abstract.]. Proceedings of the North Central Branch. Entomological Society of America 11:54.


 * [[Media:Kannowski 1958.pdf| Kannowski, P. B. 1958 ("1957"). Notes on the ant Leptothorax provancheri Emery. Psyche (Cambridge) 64:1-5. PDF]]
 * Kannowski, P. B. 1959a. The flight activities of Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea) taschenbergi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 52:755-760.
 * Kannowski, P. B. 1959b. The flight activities and colony-founding behavior of bog ants in southeastern Michigan. Insectes Sociaux 6:115-162.


 * Kannowski, P. B. 1962. The flight activities of formicine ants. [Abstract.]. Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science 16:34-35.
 * Kannowski, P. B. 1963. The flight activities of formicine ants. Symposia Genetica et Biologica Italica 12:74-102.


 * Kannowski, P. B. 1967. Colony populations of two species of Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 60:1246-1252.


 * Kannowski, P. B. 1969. Daily and seasonal periodicities in the nuptial flights of neotropical ants. I. Dorylinae. Pp. 77-83 in: Ernst, E. et al. (eds.) 1969. International Union for the Study of Social Insects. VI Congress. Bern 15-20 September 1969. Proceedings. Bern: Organizing Committee of the VI Congress IUSSI, 309 pp.


 * Noyce, K. V.; Kannowski, P. B.; Riggs, M. R. 1997. Black bears as ant-eaters: seasonal associations between bear myrmecophagy and ant ecology in north-central Minnesota. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75:1671-1686.


 * [[Media:Wheeler Wheeler Kannowski 1994.pdf|Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J.; Kannowski, P. B. 1994. Checklist of ants of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Great Lakes Entomol. 26: 297-310 PDF]]