Kumar Krishna, in appreciation
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It is with admiration and fondness that we dedicate this special issue of ZooKeys to Professor Kumar Krishna, dean of Isoptera research. This collection of papers is a humble testament of appreciation by the various biologists who are dedicated to studying termites, insects that are popularly maligned but actually of profound behavioral and ecological importance. Kumar’s influence extends beyond the scope of isopterological studies and so several of the papers included herein are from contributors on other lineages of insects who have been similarly inspired by his indomitable spirit. Kumar grew up in Dehra Dun in northern India, in the foothills of the Himalayas. His father was a physician, and was also one of the first Indians to be commissioned in the British army, in fact serving as a major in World War I. Kumar went to Agra University, earning a Bachelor of Science in 1950, and shortly thereafter a Master of Science degree from Lucknow University in 1952. He then served as a Research Assistant (1952–1954) to Mittan Lal Roonwal (1908–1990) at the Forest Research Institute in Dehra Dun, where he developed his interest in Isoptera. Roonwal is well known among Isoptera workers for his comprehensive papers on the systematics and general biology of termites from India and surrounding areas. Immediately thereafter, he moved to the U.S. where he was a graduate student and employed as a research assistant at the University of Minnesota from 1954–55. It was during this time that he wrote to Prof. Alfred E. Emerson (1896–1976) about graduate studies, and was soon thereafter accepted into Emerson’s lab. Emerson was a professor at the University of Chicago from 1929–1962 and well known as the leading authority on the systematics and general ZooKeys 148: 1–13 (2011)
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