Edward Arthur Steinhaus (November 7, 1914 – October 20, 1969) was an American bacteriologist and pathologist who specialized in insect pathology particularly on the applications of microorganisms for the control of insect pests. He also served as the founder or cofounder of the ''

Annual Review of Entomology The ''Annual Review of Entomology'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes review articles about entomology, the study of insects. First published in 1956 from a collaboration between the Entomological Society of America and Annual Rev ...

'', the ''

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology The ''Journal of Invertebrate Pathology'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research on the induction and pathogenesis of diseases of invertebrates, owned by Academic Press (part of Elsevier). The journal publishes the results of ph ...

'', and the

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. Steinhaus was born in

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to Alice Rinehart and Arthur Alfred. He studied in

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and worked with a printer to produce a private periodical. An interest in microbes was sparked off after reading

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's ''Microbe Hunter''. He joined North Dakota Agricultural College in 1932 with bacteriology as a major and then moved to Ohio State University, receiving a doctorate in 1939. He worked from 1940 in the US Public Health Service as a bacteriologist in the Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana. He joined the University of California, Berkeley in 1944 and taught insect pathology. Steinhaus was the founding editor of the ''

'' journal in 1954, and then proposed a ''Journal of Invertebrate Pathology'' in 1958.

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accepted that proposal the next year but only if it would be renamed more narrowly as the ''Journal of Insect Pathology''. He moved to the Irvine Campus after 1963 and served as Professor of Pathobiology and First Dean of Biological Sciences. By 1965 it had become clear that Steinhaus's original proposal had been more appropriate, and ''J Insect Path'' became the ''

''. In 1967 he and Albert Sparks cofounded the

and the next year the Society adopted ''J Invert Path'' as its official organ. Steinhaus Hall on the UCI campus was named for Steinhaus on May 22, 1970.

Personal life

Steinhaus married Mabry Clark, who was a bacteriologist at

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, and they had two daughters and a son (Peggy, Tim and Cindy). Steinhaus was a religious Congregationalist who saw no conflict between science and belief.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steinhaus, Edward Arthur 1914 births 1969 deaths American bacteriologists University of California, Irvine faculty Presidents of the Entomological Society of America Annual Reviews (publisher) editors Society for Invertebrate Pathology