| Code | PX3196 |
| Dates | 1916-1996 |
| Person Name | Traub; Robert (1916-1996); Colonel; Doctor, Zoologist |
| Surname | Traub |
| Forenames | Robert |
| Title | Colonel |
| Epithet | Doctor, Zoologist |
| Activity | He earned the M.S. degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, in 1939 with a major in medical entomology and a minor in veterinary bacteriology. Later that year he entered the graduate program in entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana, IL, but interrupted his studies to join the U.S. Army in 1942. He returned after the war to receive the Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1947 with a major in medical entomology and a minor in helminthology. He remained in the Army and retired in 1962 with the rank of Colonel. He then joined the faculty of the Department of Microbiology of the University of Maryland Medical School as a professor of medical entomology and research. There he remained for the next 20 years, formally retiring in late 1983. He then assumed the role of Honorary Curator of Siphonaptera at the United States National Museum of Natural History, a position he occupied until 1994. At the University of Illinois and in the Army, Bob was a young biological scientists who has collectively made as great or greater impact in the fields of medical entomology and acarol-ogy.
During his career Bob described 30 new genera or subgenera, and 114 new species or subspecies of fleas alone, in addition to his work on mites and other medically important arthropods. He authored, co-authored, or edited over 200 technical publications, at least 93 of which dealt with fleas or flea literature. He was a member of many professional societies and the recipient of numerous citations, honors, and awards, both foreign and domestic.
(http://www.life.uiuc.edu/entomology/newsletter/newsltr1999/alumni1.htm)
Tring Correspondent |
| RefNo | Title |
| DF/ENT/340/24/11 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (XI) |
| DF/ZOO/213/102 | Gunong Benom Expedition: Colonel R Traub |
| DF/ENT/340/24/9 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (IX) |
| DF/ENT/340/25/1 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (XIII) |
| DF/ENT/340/24/7 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (VII) |
| DF/TM/3/11/83/2 | Traub, Robert |
| DF/ENT/340/25/2 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (XIV) |
| DF/ENT/340/24/2 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (II) |
| DF/ENT/340/24/5 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (V) |
| DF/ENT/340/24/12 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (XII) |
| DF/ENT/340/24/10 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (X) |
| DF/ENT/332/1/61 | Times Newspaper; Tite, G E; Tkachyk, P; Todd, R A U; Tomlinson, Reverend C F; Tong, E H; Toogood, G E; Tranter, T H; Traub, Lieutenant Colonel R; Tremewan, W G |
| DF/ENT/340/24/3 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (III) |
| DF/ENT/340/24/6 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (VI) |
| DF/ENT/340/24/1 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (I) |
| DF/ENT/340/24/4 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (IV) |
| DF/ENT/340/24/8 | Traub, Dr Colonel S Robert (VIII) |