Good Morning:

I read [Elisabeth Rosen's] article about May Berenbaum and her presentation at the Frontiers Symposium with great interest. I remember Dr. Berenbaum when she was a graduate student, and I was enrolled in Entomology 212.

Her views, sadly, are correct and were reinforced by a book I received this week. "The World of Insects: The Harvard University Press Reader" -- edited by Ring Cardé (who did his Ph.D. work with Wendell Roelofs [the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Insect Biochemistry in the Department of Entomology at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station] in Geneva) and Vincent Resh -- is a compilation of chapters by entomologists; authors include Drs. Thomas Eisner and Thomas Seeley. However, there is not a single work by a woman entomologist in the 20 chapters. I was hoping to see something by Dr. Berenbaum, who is an accomplished writer for both the science and general public audiences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Congratulations, Elisabeth, and to the Class of 2012.

Elizabeth A. Hoare Cowles, CALS '82,
Professor and assistant chair, Department of Biology
Eastern Connecticut State University