Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The following is a list of directors of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service:

Date	Director	Notes
1940–1946	Ira Noel Gabrielson	First director
April 1, 1946 – 1953	Albert Merrill Day	[1]
1953–1957	John L. Farley
1957–1964	Daniel H. Janzen
1964–1970	John S. Gottschalk
1970–1973	Spencer H. Smith
1974–1981	Lynn Adams Greenwalt	Nominated July 31, 1974 by President Richard Nixon, confirmed October 1973, retained by President Jimmy Carter[2][3]
1981–1985	Robert A. Jantzen	Nominated October 9, 1981 by President Ronald Reagan;[4] sworn in November 17, 1981[5]
1986-March 15, 1989	Frank Harper Dunkle	Nominated March 26, 1986.[6] Resigned March 15, 1989[7]
1989–1993	John F. Turner	Nominated June 13, 1989 by President George H. W. Bush[8][9]
September 10, 1993-June 5, 1996	Mollie Hanna Beattie	Nominated May 18, 1993, by President Bill Clinton; sworn in September 10, 1993[10][11]
June 5, 1996-July 31, 1997	John G. Rogers, Jr. (acting)
July 31, 1997-January 20, 2001	Jamie Rappaport Clark	Nominate June 23, 1997, by President Clinton[12]
January 20, 2001-February 21, 2002	Marshall Jones (acting)
February 21, 2002-March 16, 2005	Steven A. Williams	Confirmed January 30, 2002; sworn in February 21, 2002[13]
March 16, 2005-October 12, 2005	Matthew "Matt" J. Hogan (acting)
October 12, 2005-January 3, 2009	H. Dale Hall	Sworn in October 12, 2005[14] Resigned January 3, 2009
January 3-September 1, 2009	Rowan W. Gould (first time) (acting)
September 1, 2009-February 20, 2010	Samuel D. (Sam) Hamilton, III	Nominated July 6, 2009, confirmed July 31, 2009;[15] died in office, February 20, 2010[16]
February 21, 2010–June 30, 2011	Rowan W. Gould (second time) (acting)
June 30, 2011-present	Dan Ashe

References

15. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ntquery/r?nomis:111PN0069400