Kincaid Hall

Kincaid Hall, housing the Department of Zoology, was dedicated in 1971 to Trevor Kincaid, one of the university's "grand old men." The Zoology Department is large and varied, with research ranging from evolution to the action of genes.

Kincaid first joined the university staff in 1895 as an undergraduate assistant in biology at the impressive salary of $25 a month. He became a faculty member in 1899, serving until his so-called retirement 43 years later. When he died in 1970 at the age of 97, Kincaid was working on an ecological study of Willapa Bay. A friend described him as having "rushed through life in a fever of exploration." A great favorite of his students, Kincaid declared that he was not just a zoologist, but an "omnologist," a word he coined to indicate his avid interest in absolutely everything.

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