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Penn State and Eberly College of Science faculty, staff, and students are mourning the loss of alumnus and longtime supporter Edward “Ed” D. Bellis, who died on April 5, 2021, in State College, Pennsylvania.
Bellis was born on June 28, 1927, in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. From 1945 to 1947, he served in the U.S. Army as part of the 88th Infantry Division in the Julian Alps of Italy, in an area now part of Slovenia. Bellis went on to earn his bachelor of science degree in zoology and entomology from Penn State in 1951. After receiving his master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma and his doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota, Bellis eventually joined Penn State s zoology and entomology department in 1957. He later served in the biology department in the College of Science.