Philip Adna Readio
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Dec 1897 - Florence or Northampton, Massachusetts
Christening:
Death: 28 May 1947 - Sayre, Pennsylvania
Burial: in Northampton cemetery
Cause of Death:
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Parents
Father: Frank Manly Readio (1860-1932)
Mother: Mary Adella Back (1871-1963)
Spouses and Children
1. *Helen Elston Dr. (20 Jan 1897 - 1984)
Marriage: 17 Aug 1924 - Lawrence, Kansas
Status:
Children:
1. George Frank Readio (1929- )
2. Philip David Readio (1933- )
3. Janice Readio (Abt 1937- )
Notes
General:
an Entomologist specializing in economic entomology at Cornell from 1934.
BS Massachusetts STate Coll 1920, Ms U of Kanasas in 1922, PhD from U of Kanasas 1926. National Research Fellow at U of Minnesota 1928-9. Assistant prof at U of Kansas 1923-8. Buried from Congregational Church, from Wagner Funeral Home, Ithaca.
He died at Sayre PA, after an unspecified two month illness; but was
a resident at Ithaca and a professor at Cornell at the time.
Described by head of his department as having a cheerful manner and a deep interest in entymology.