War II "aerosol bomb" was born. Within three months of Sullivan's arrival at Wright Field, the first order of 150,000 aerosol bombs went out. With this order began the manufacture of over 40 million aerosol bombs during World War II for military use. Sullivan was attached to the Air Transport Command, after three months at Wright Field, and assigned to train personnel in the use of the newly-developed aerosol insecticide at U.S. air bases serving the North Africa and India theaters,. During the tour of duty, he traveled throughout British West Africa, North Africa and Karachi, India (now part of Pakistan), in charge of disinsection of U.S. planes to prevent their carrying the malaria-bearing anopheles gambia mosquito and other insects to South American air bases. After 18 months of service overseas, he was transferred to the Army Air Force Center at Orlando, FL, to develop methods of controlling mosquitoes in jungle areas by airplane spraying. In July 1946 he served as a radiological monitor on atomic bomb tests at the Southwest Pacific atoll of Bikini. Released to inactive duty as a Major in the U.S. Army Air Force in August 1947, he returned to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine where he spent the remainder of his career, continuing to specialize in aircraft disinsection. Awards and honors The degree of Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from Chicago State University, Chicago, IL in 1976, The degree of Doctor of Philosophy (agricultural chemistry), from Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan, in 1977 The John Scott Award from the City of Philadelphia The Achievement Award from the Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association The Superior Service Unit Award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture The First Erik Andreas Rotheim Gold Medal awarded by the Federation of European Aerosol Associations, Oslo, Norway References 1908 births 1979 deaths American entomologists Massachusetts Agricultural College alumni 20th-century American zoologists