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Present and Former Leadership

Established in 1960 as the legislatively mandated Institute of Marine Science, the unit has grown to become one of the largest and most geographically diverse academic and research organizations in the state of Alaska. The School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences was created in 1987 through a merger of the Institute of Marine Science and the Alaska Sea Grant Program. Restructuring in 2016 to the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences was the result of our growing student body and expansion of degree programs; the number of faculty, researchers and staff; our major funded research programs; and the national responsibility of operating the Global Class ice-capable research vessel Sikuliaq.

	S. Bradley Moran, Ph.D. Dean, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences 2016-present
	Joan F. Braddock, Ph.D. Interim Dean, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences 2014-2016
	Michael A. Castellini, Ph.D. Dean, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences 2011-2014
	Denis A. Wiesenburg, Ph.D. Dean, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences 2004-2011
	Vera Alexander, Ph.D. Dean, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences 1987-2004 Director, Institute of Marine Science 1980-1993 Acting Director, Institute of Marine Science 1979-1980
	J. Robert Moore, Ph.D. Director, Institute of Marine Science 1977-1979
	Donald W. Hood, Ph.D. Director, Institute of Marine Science 1965-1976
	Kenneth M. "Peter" Rae, Ph.D. Director, Institute of Marine Science 1961-1965