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Professors and Department Heads -- 1874 to the Present

Name, Years of Service to Department, and Academic Specialization

: Jesse T. Trushenski (2008-present, fish physiology, aquaculture); Michael W. Sears (2006-present, physiological ecology); Eric C. Hellgren (2005-present, wildlife); Gregory W. Whitledge (2005-present, fisheries); Richard H. Thomas (2004-present, molecular biology); Donald W. Sparling (2003-present, wildlife); Robert M. Neumann (2003-2004, fisheries); Anita M. Kelly (2003-2007, fisheries); Eric M. Schauber (2002-present, wildlife); Michael W. Eichholz (2002-present, wildlife); Michael J. Lydy (2001-present, aquatic toxicology); Frank C. Wilhelm (2001-2007, limnology); Kamal M. Ibrahim (2001-present, population biology); John Reeve (2000-present, quantitative ecology); James E. Garvey (2000-present, fisheries); Matt R. Whiles (2000-present, stream ecology; Frank E. Anderson (1999-present, invertebrates); Edward J. Heist (1998-present, fisheries); Karen Lips (1998-present, herpetology); Bruce Dugger (1998-2001, wildlife); Matthew Nicholson (1998-2001, wildlife); Jonathan A. Newman (1994-1998, ecology); Richard S. Halbrook (1993-present, wildlife toxicology); Walter J. Jakubas (1993-1996, wildlife); Thomas R. Breen (1993-2000, molecular biology); Neil Billington (1991-1998, fisheries); Robert J. Gates (1990-1998, wildlife); Carey Krajewski (1990-present, molecular biology); Michael J. McKee (1988-1992, wildlife toxicology); James E. Seeb (1988-1991, fisheries); Daniel D. Roby (1988-1992, wildlife); Lee C. Drickamer (1987-1998, animal behavior); William L. Muhlach (1987-present, developmental biology); Robert J. Sheehan (1986-2002, fisheries); M. Ann Phillippi (1986-1991, aquatic ecology); George A. Feldhamer (1984-present, mammalogy); Robert R. Stickney (1984-1985, fisheries); Thomas C. Tacha (1983-1989, wildlife); Christopher C. Kohler (1981-2008, fisheries); Varadaraj Chandrashekar (1980-1983, endocrinology); David E. Joyner (1980-1983, wildlife); Hans H. Sambraus (1979-1980, ethology); Alan Woolf (1979-2004, wildlife); David G. King (1977-present, neurobiology); Brooks M. Burr (1977-present, ichthyology); Mark S. Ellinger (1977-1986, developmental biology); James W. Hardin (1974-1978, wildlife); Anthony A. F. Paparo (1973-1989, microanatomy); M. Douglas Scott (1973-1974, wildlife); Samuel R. Jewel (1971-1973, wildlife); Roger R. Bowers (1971-1972, histology); Terence R. Anthoney (1971-2000, animal behavior); Roy C. Heidinger (1971-1999, fisheries); Eugene L. Lange (1970-1973, biometrics); John E. McPherson (1969-present, entomology); William G. Dyer (1969-2002, parasitology); Benjamin A. Shepherd (1969-2000, endocrinology); Bruce W. Petersen (1968-1983, general biology); Burton J. Lang (1968-1969, genetics); John N. Krull (1967-1971, wildlife); Frank B. Kulfinski (1967-1968, invertebrates, ecology); John B. Stahl (1966-2000, limnology); Eugene A. LeFebvre (1966-1992, ecology); George H. Waring (1966-2006, animal behavior, vertebrate zoology); Joseph A. Beatty (1965-2000, invertebrate zoology); Jan Martan (1964-1984, comparative cytology); William G. George (1964-1991, vertebrate zoology, ornithology); Harold J. Walter (1963-1964, invertebrate zoology); Ronald A. Brandon (1963-1997, herpetology); DuWayne C. Englert (1963-1999, genetics); Herman J. Haas (1963-1976, developmental biology); Andrew G. Hendrickx (1963-1964, developmental biology); Justin N. Frost (1962-1963, genetics); John W. Crenshaw, Jr. (1960-1962, genetics, herpetology); Everett D. Wilson (1960-1961, ecology); Richard E. Blackwelder (1958-1977, taxonomy); Richard R. Kudo (1958-1967, protozoology); Edwin C. Galbreath (1957-1983, vertebrate paleontology); George Garoian (1956-1987, parasitology); Richard W. Fredrickson (1956-1958, invertebrate zoology); John C. Downey (1956-1968, entomology); Howard J. Stains (1955-1984, mammalogy); Harvey I. Fisher (1955-1971, ornithology); Edna Dudgeon (1955-1960, genetics); F. Earl Lyman (1952-1955, genetics); Reino S. Freeman (1950-1952, parasitology); Willard D. Klimstra (1949-1984, wildlife); William M. Lewis (1949-1983, fisheries); Eugene E. Crawford (1949, zoology); Florence M. Foote (1947-1950 , embryology); Charles L. Foote (1947-1963, embryology); J. Stanley Rafalko (1947-1950, cell biology); Arthur E. Hunter (1946-1948, zoology); Dorothy N. Langdon (1946, zoology); Fred R. Cagle (1940-1943, vertebrate zoology); Willard M. Gersbacher (1929-30; 1936-1966, ecology); Martha H. Scott (1929-1947, zoology); Hilda Stein (1929-1962, zoology); Alfred D. Hotton (1922-1924, biology); Delia Caldwell (1921-1935, physiology); William Brandon (1914-1915, biology); Raymond F. Parkinson (1914-1915, biology); Isabel Clegg (1913-1915, biology); Mary M. Steagall (1913-1938, biology); John P. Gilbert (1910-1921, biology); George Hazen French (1878-1917, natural history); Cyrus Thomas (1874-1879, natural history)

Department Heads/Chairs

: William L. Muhlach 1994-present; Roy C. Heidinger 1991-1994; Lee C. Drickamer 1987-1991; Ronald A. Brandon 1979-1987; William M. Lewis 1973-1979; George Garoian 1971-1973; Harvey I. Fisher 1955-1971; Willard M. Gersbacher 1938-1955; Mary M. Steagall 1921-1938; John P. Gilbert 1911-1921; George Hazen French 1879-1911; Cyrus Thomas 1874-1879

Presidents and Chancellors

: From 1874 to Present

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