title: The professional development of an entomologist.
abstract: An account of the development of biological interest, and specifically interest in bees, by Charles D. Michener. Included topics are the role of graduate students and the relationship between behavioral studies and systematics. Sections are (a) upbringing, including initiation of biological interests, (b) early studies of bees, (c) student work at the University of California, Berkeley, (d) work at the American Museum of Natural History and in the U.S. Army, and (e) work at the University of Kansas, especially wild bee behavior and bee systematics.
authors.affiliation: Natural History Museum and Entomology Program, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. michener@ku.edu
authors.forename: Charles D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Michener
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000145:classification; D002140:California; D004772:Entomology / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D007615:Kansas