# C. W. Woodworth Award

The C. W. Woodworth Award is an annual award presented by the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America. This award, the PBESA's largest, is for achievement in entomology in the Pacific region of the United States over the previous ten years. The award is named in honor of Charles W. Woodworth and was established on June 25, 1968. It is principally sponsored by Woodworth's great-grandson, Brian Holden, and his wife, Joann Wilfert, with additional support by Dr. Craig W. and Kathryn Holden, and Dr. Jim and Betty Woodworth.

## Award recipients

Source: Entomological Society of America
List of recipients :
| 2023 | Dr. Robert Page | Arizona State University | 55th |
| 2022 | Dr. Mark Hoddle | University of California, Riverside | 54th |
| 2021 | Dr. Kent Daane | University of California, Kearney Research and Extension Center | 53nd |
| 2020 | Dr. Lynn Kimsey | University of California, Davis | 52nd |
| 2019 | Dr. Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell | University of California, Riverside | 51st |
| 2018 | Dr. Roger Vargas | USDA Agricultural Research Service, Hilo | 50th |
| 2017 | Dr. Gerhard & Dr. Regine Gries | Simon Fraser University | 49th |
| 2016 | Dr. Timothy Paine | University of California, Riverside | 48th |
| 2015 | Dr. Thomas W. Scott | University of California, Davis | 47th |
| 2014 | Dr. James R. Carey | University of California, Davis | 46th |
| 2013 | Dr. Vincent P. Jones | Washington State University | 45th |
| 2012 | Dr. Stephan Naranjo | USDA Agricultural Research Service, Maricopa | 44th |
| 2011 | Dr. Frank G. Zalom | University of California, Davis | 43rd |
| 2010 | Dr. Walter S. Leal | University of California, Davis | 42nd |
| 2009 | Dr. Charles G. Summers | University of California, Kearney Research and Extension Center | 41st |
| 2008 | Dr. Brian Federici | University of California, Riverside | 40th |
| 2007 | Dr. Nick Toscano | University of California, Riverside | 39th |
| 2006 | Dr. Jocelyn Millar | University of California, Riverside | 38th |
| 2005 | Dr. John D. Stark | Washington State University | 37th |
| 2004 | Dr. Victoria Y. Yokoyama | USDA Agricultural Research Service, Parlier | 36th |
| 2003 | Dr. Keith S. Pike | Washington State University | 35th |
| 2002 | Dr. James Hagler | USDA Western Cotton Research Laboratory | 34th |
| 2001 | Dr. Robert S. Lane | University of California, Berkeley | 33rd |
| 2000 | Dr. Jay F. Brunner | Washington State University | 32nd |
| 1999 | Dr. Wyatt W. Cone | Washington State University | 31st |
| 1998 | Dr. Harry Kaya | University of California, Davis | 30th |
| 1997 | Dr. Jacqueline L. Robertson | USDA Pacific Southwest Research Station | 29th |
| 1996 | Dr. Marshall W. Johnson | University of California, Riverside | 28th |
| 1995 | Dr. Nabil N. Youssef | Utah State University | 27th |
| 1994 | Dr. Michael K. Rust | University of California, Riverside | 26th |
| 1993 | Dr. Brian Croft | Oregon State University | 25th |
| 1992 | Dr. Wallace C. Mitchell | University of Hawaii, Manoa | 24th |
| 1991 | Dr. Thomas F. Leigh | University of California, Davis | 23rd |
| 1990 | Dr. Philip F. Torchio | Utah State University | 22nd |
| 1989 | Dr. Stanley C. Hoyt | Washington State University | 21st |
| 1988 | Dr. John R. Anderson | North Carolina State University | 20th |
| 1987 | Dr. Robert Washino | University of California, Davis | 19th |
| 1986 | Dr. Roy Fukuto | University of California, Riverside | 18th |
| 1985 | Dr. Carl A. Johansen | Washington State University | 17th |
| 1983 | Dr. George Tamaki | USDA ARS, Yakima | 15th |
| 1982 | Dr. Paul Oman | Oregon State University | 14th |
| 1981 | Dr. Harry Laidlaw | University of California, Davis | 13th |
| 1980 | Dr. George P. Georghiou | University of California, Riverside | 12th |
| 1979 | Dr. William G. Wellington | University of British Columbia | 11th |
| 1978 | Dr. William Harry Lange Jr. | University of California, Davis | 10th |
| 1977 | Dr. Paul DeBach | University of California, Riverside | 9th |
| 1976 | Dr. D. Elmo Hardy | University of California, Berkeley | 8th |
| 1975 | Dr. Melville H. Hatch | University of Washington | 7th |
| 1974 | Dr. Walter Ebeling | University of California, Los Angeles | 6th |
| 1973 | Dr. Carl Barton Huffaker | University of California, Berkeley | 5th |
| 1972 | Dr. Hartford Keifer | Department of Food and Agriculture, CA | 4th |
| 1971 | Dr. Ray F. Smith | University of California, Berkeley | 3rd |
| 1970 | Dr. Walter Carter | Pineapple Research Institute | 2nd |
| 1969 | Dr. Maurice T. James | Washington State University | 1st |
A box containing the older records of the PBESA and which likely contains the names of the first few recipients of the award is located in the special collections section of the library at U.C. Davis.