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Uncle Sam's Ace Insect Hunter: Senekerim Dohanian1

It was an inauspicious beginning to what would ultimately be a fruitful, 44-year career with the USDA. Although he never moved up the bureaucratic ladder, Senekerim Dohanian played an important role in the early days of biological control of insect pests, creating a lasting impact on science and society. Dohanian was born in 1889 to Armenian parents in Malatya, a town in eastern Turkey. In 1895, when Dohanian was 6 years old, Turkish officials began a campaign to exterminate the ethnic Christian Armenians who historically occupied eastern Turkey. Dohanian’s father and grandfather were among the approximately 200,000 Armenians killed during a 2-year period (Armen 1987). Out of tragedy, however, sometimes comes triumph, and Dohanian’s case helps prove that point. Had the massacres not occurred, his life might have followed a very different course—one that might not have included his many accomplishments. Through grit and determination, Dohanian and his mother, grandmother, uncle, and 2 brothers escaped Malatya in 1903, traveled by boat to America, and settled in Somerville, Massachusetts. Dohanian entered public grammar school at the age of 14 to learn to read and write English alongside 6-year-olds. He finished grammar school in 1905 and then went on to Somerville High School, graduating in 1909. Following graduation, Dohanian enrolled in the Massachusetts College of Agriculture in western Massachusetts, but, always a penny pincher, transferred to Tufts University so he could save money by living at home. He received a B.S. degree in Forestry in 1913 and continued his studies at Harvard University School of Forestry, where he received a master’s degree in 1915 (Fig. 1). It is unknown as to why he decided to pursue an education, as no other family members went to college. This is even more remarkable given that, at the time, only 3% of Americans had college degrees (Caplow et al. 2001). Dohanian was soon employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as an entomologist with the Gypsy Moth Lab in Melrose Highlands, Massachusetts, until he enlisted in the U.S Army in 1917 (Dohanian 1958).