KERRI DIAMOND RECEIVES
THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S
2014 CALVERT AWARD

In 1987, the American Entomological Society initiated the Calvert Award to be presented to a young person who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in insect-related study. The Award is named in honor of Dr. Philip P. Calvert who joined the Society as a teenager, later became its president, and was a member for 74 years. As Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania and an Associate of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Dr. Calvert played an important role in stimulating an interest in insects among young people.

This year, the 28th Calvert Award was presented to Kerri Diamond, from Souderton, Pennsylvania, a tenth grade student at Souderton Area High School. Her project was entitled, “Hive Simulator: What computer simulations can teach us about bee deaths.” Kerri was a second runner up for th Calvert Award in 2013. Her project was selected from among insect-related science projects presented at the annual Delaware Valley Science Fairs held April 2 at the Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA. Judges included Hal White, Greg Cowper, and Larry Henderson.

Two other students received recognition for their insect-related science projects. Prize winners included Isabela Metz, (second place), an eighth grade student from Collingswood, NJ, who studied, “Cricket Survival after a Simulated Nuclear Event.”  Caroline McDonald (third place), a seventh grade student from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, received recognition for her project on, “The Wind Beneath My Wings.”


 Kerri Diamond and Caroline McDonald were honored at the Calvert Award ceremonies held April 23 in the library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Greg Cowper, provided a brief biography of Philip P. Calvert. Dr. Jamie Cromartie, president of the American Entomological Society presented the students with checks, certificates of accomplishment, and memberships in the American Entomological Society. Hal White was the featured speaker talking on, "Effects of Habitat Alterations on Dragonflies and Damselflies in Delaware."




Jamie Cromartie, President of the American Entomological Society.
 Kerri Diamond recieves the 2014 Calvert Award from Jamie Cromartie, president of the American Entomological Society, April 23, 2014.
Caroline McDonald receives her second runner-up award.






Caroline McDonald with her Third Place Project at the Calvert Award Ceremony,
April 23, 2014, at the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.


Kerri Diamond discusses her Calvert Prize-winning project with Greg Cowper,
Corresponding Secretary of the American Entomological Society.


Kerri Diamond with her project.

Giant "Helocopter" damselflies collected by Philip P. Calvert in Costa Rica over a century ago. These specimens are in the Academy of Natural Sciences Insect Collection.




Members of the American Entomological Society look at the Calvert Awardee's insect projects
in the library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Aproil 23, 2014.


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