Donald Burns Woodard passed away Feb. 16, 2022 in Richardson, Texas, after a short illness.  He was 88.

Don was born on Oct. 14, 1933, in Lawrence, Kan., to Dr. Parke H. Woodard, Sr. and Violet Burns Woodard.  He graduated from Liberty Memorial High School in Lawrence in 1951, then attended the University of Kansas where he received a B.A. degree in 1956 and an M.A .in 1960.  He served 2 years of military service in the U.S. Navy, posted as a medical corpsman in California.

He married Carolyn Jane Christie in 1961.  They moved from Kansas to Orlando, Fla., where Don entered into a career as a medical research Entomologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  His career led him to move to Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1964.  In 1976 he moved to Mexico, where he served as the U.S. director of the Methods Development Group in the joint U.S.-Mexico Screw-worm Eradication Program based in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas.  In 1979 he returned to the United States to McAllen, Texas; with the completion of the U.S. phase of the program in 1981, he returned to Louisiana and worked for a short time with the Jefferson County Mosquito Control Department in Nederland, Texas.  He then retired from government service.

Don was a member of Sigma Xi and the Kansas Entomological Society at the University of Kansas, but his first love was antique automobiles.  He was a long-time member of the Antique Automobile Club of America, helping to establish the Contraband Chapter of the AACA in Lake Charles and serving as its President; he also served as President of the Louisiana Region of the AACA.  He was a member of the National Dodge Brothers Club for many years.

Don was very interested in conservation, and gave liberally to advocacy organizations such as the Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund, and Defenders of Wildlife.

Don is survived by his wife of 60 years, Carolyn; and their son, Robert.  He requested that his body be donated for educational purposes; it is being handled by the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center in Fort Worth, Texas.  After completion of that activity, there will be a private burial at Restland Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. 

Donations in Don’s memory can be made at www.worldwildlife.org.