Gordon Floyd Ferris

Gordon Floyd Ferris
Fellow: Awarded 1925
Field of Study: Plant Sciences
Competition: US & Canada
Stanford University
As published in the Foundation’s Annual Report for 1925-26:
Ferris, Gordon Floyd: Appointed to accumulate material for the study of certain phases of the insect fauna of Mexico and Central America; tenure, twelve months from July 1, 1925.
Born January 2, 1893, at Bayard, Kansas. Education: Stanford University, A.B., 1916, M.A., 1918.
Teaching Assistant in Entomology, 1917-18, Instructor, 1918-21, Assistant Professor, 1921—, Stanford University.
Publications: Papers on entomological subjects, published notably in Entomological News, Canadian Entomologist, Science, Psyche, Philippine Journal of Science, and Stanford University Publications.