of the First Instar Nymphs of Scale Insects in the
Genus Lecanodiaspis". Mike was hired by the
Maryland Department of Agriculture as Assistant
State Entomologist before completing his Ph.D.
requirements, and he finished writing his disser-
tation while on the job. He worked out of the
University of Maryland from March 1971 to
March 1973, when he took a position with the
Department of Zoology-Entomology at Auburn
University in Alabama. Since that time Mike has
been teaching systematics and morphology of in-
sects and conducting research on scale insects
and other pests of ornamental plants at Auburn.
He currently holds the position of Associate Pro-
fessor and Entomology Section Chairman in the
Department of Zoology-Entomology.
 Dr. Williams is a member of the En-
tomological Society of America, Entomological
Society of Washington, Florida Entomological
Society, Georgia Entomological Society, and
Alabama Academy of Science. He is a Research
Associate of the Florida State Collection of Arth-
ropods. He is a member of several national honor
societies: Beta Beta Beta, Gamma Sigma Delta,
Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma, and Sigma Xi and has
been selected for inclusion in American Men and
Women of Science, Personalities of the South,


and Who's Who in America. In 1980 Mike was a
visiting professor at the University of Guayaquil,
Ecuador, and in 1981 he was awarded the
Southeastern Branch ESA Distinguished
Achievement Award in Teaching.
 Dr. Williams is author or coauthor of 68
scientific papers and popular articles. He has
given numerous invitational papers and par-
ticipated in symposia at national and interna-
tional professional society meetings. Mike's
specialty is the soft scale insect group, and he
currently provides identification services to
various state and federal agencies as well as to
other entomologists and the general public. He is
interested also in the scale insects of the
Galapagos Islands and other areas of South
America and has collected and studied scale in-
sects on trips to these islands and the Amazon
Basin in Ecuador during 1973, 1975, and 1980.
 Howard V. Weems, Jr.
 Editor
 Bureau of Entomology
 Division of Plant Industry
 Florida Department of Agriculture
 and Consumer Services
 1 October 1984