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 a 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 tenth Calvert Award was presented to Andrew E. Short, a tenth grade honor student at Glasgow High School. Among Andrew's many activities and accomplishments that led to the Calvert Award, the selection committee highlighted his volunteer activities. He developed and taught the week long junior entomologists camp at the Iron Hill Museum in 1994 and 1995 - a course that he will teach again this summer. He presented units on insects and butterflies to several classes at Marshall Elementary School in 1994 and 1995 and has taught several entomology workshops for the 4-H. Last year he participated in the first systematic macro invertebrate study of the White Clay Creek coordinated by the Ashland Nature Center and the Stroud Water Research Center in Avondale. This involved collecting and identifying all the insects in samples taken at several locations along the creek. Among Andrew's plans for this year are to restore the 60 year old insect collection at Lums Pond State Park and construct a new stream environment as part of the Mesocosm at Glasgow High School. Perhaps it is not surprising that Andrew placed first in the entomology competition at the Delaware State Science Olympiad in 1993, 1994, and 1995. He laments that the category was not included in this year's Olympiad. When asked which group of insects most interests him, Andrew declared a fondness for beetles, a collection of which he displayed at the award ceremony.

As the winner of the Calvert Award, Mr. Short received memberships in the American Entomological Society and the Young Entomologists' Society as well as a $50 check. Joseph Sheldon, president of the Society, made the presentation at the membership meeting of the Society on April 24 at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.