Obituary by: Dr. Wayne L. Kramer, Nebraska State Health Department, Lincoln, Nebraska USA.

    Dr. Larry Pappas, Biology Professor at Peru State College, in Peru, Nebraska died June 20, 1995 after being struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on a rural highway near Indian Cave State Park.

    Larry was born November 16, 1946, in Chadron, Nebraska and he grew up in the Scottsbluff, Nebraska area. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Hiram Scott College in Scottsbluff, Nebraska in 1969. He obtained his Masters degree in Zoology from the University of Wyoming in 1971, and his Ph.D. degree in Entomology from the University of Illinois in 1975.

    Before joining the Peru State faculty, Larry had taught or done research at the University of Illinois, VPI in Blacksburg, Virginia, and the College of Saint Teresa in Winona, Minnesota.

    Dr. Pappas had taught Biology at Peru State for 16 years. He was considered a topnotch professor who demanded excellence in his students. Many believed Larry was one of the finest teachers at the college. Not only did he teach a full load of classes every semester, but he also conducted an active research program involving undergraduate students. Some of Larry's students won national research competitions against graduate students at meetings of the Entomological Society of America and the American Mosquito Control Association. In addition, Dr. Pappas attracted more than $300,000 in research grants to the college.

    Dr. Pappas lived in Auburn, Nebraska. He was divorced and had two daughters: Ellen, a student at Florida State University, and Emily of Manhattan, Kansas.

1. Pappas, C.D. and L.G. Pappas. 1989. Culicoides elemae, a new species in the Culicoides guttipennis species group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 62:228- 233.

2. Pappas, C.D. and L.G. Pappas. 1989. Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) species in southeastern Nebraska. J. Amer. Mosq. Cont. Assoc.5: 42-44.

3. Pappas, C.D. and L.G. Pappas. 1990. Habitat pH characteristics of tree hole Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Amer. Mosq. Cont. Assoc. 6:99-100.

4. Kruger, E.L., L.G. Pappas, and C.D. Pappas. 1990. Habitat and temporal partitioning in tree hole Culicoides. J. Amer. Mosq. Cont. Assoc. 6:390-393.

5. Pappas, L.G., S. Moyer, and C.D. Pappas. 1991. Tree hole Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the Central Plains of the United States. J. Amer. Mosq. Cont. Assoc. 7:624-627.

6. Lamberson, C., C.D. Pappas, and L.G. Pappas. 1992. Taxonomy of the tree hole Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of Eastern North America. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 85:111-120.