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- Wayland Arthur Shands
- An entomologist who opened a laboratory under the Federal Bureau of Entomology in Grand Junction, Colorado. He was born in South Carolina and attended Clemson University, where he studied entomology. While in college he was a member of the ROTC, Glee Club, the College Quartet, Baptist Choir, Ommatidae Society, Agricultural Society, and the Florence Country Club. His work investigating a viral infection of sugar beets caused him to travel around the San Raphael Desert and the Henry Mountains of Eastern Utah. He once lost a truck to the current when trying to ford the Great Salt Wash during an entomology expedition. He moved to Orono, Maine and taught at the University of Maine. He continued to work with the Bureau of Entomology until his retirement. He moved to South Carolina, where he was born.