WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2001 - 2011 Weekly Columnist and Correspondent, Gulf Coast Newspaper Group, Gulf Shores, Alabama,
• 2006 - 2009 Writer, Actor and Owner "Eco-Bites' Television Show,
• 1984 - 1999 Assistant Chief Marine Biologist, Alabama Conservation Department, Marine Division, Retired
• 1980 Fisheries Technician, National Marine Fisheries Service, Rufus, Oregon
• 1979 Senior Electronic Technician, Fairchild Semiconductor, San Jose, California
• 1977 Carpenter, International Shellfish Enterprises, Moss Landing, California
• 1976 - 1977 Work-study Coordinator, Veterans Administration, Cal. State Long Beach Office
• 1974 - 1975 Math and Science Tutor, Greenfield Community College
• 1969 - 1973 U.S. Navy, Communications Technician, Petty Officer Second Class, Stationed Misawa, Japan and National Security Agency

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Sixteen years serving with the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council and Gulf States Marine fisheries Commission as a committee chairman, certified SCUBA diver, hang glider pilot (once), certified fisheries scientist, private pilot (not current), distance runner (retired with bone spurs), distance bicycler. President and officer of American Fisheries Society's stock analysis section for six years.  

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Fisheries Biology, 1984 Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama

M.S. Natural Resources Fisheries, 1979 Humboldt State University, Arcata, California

B.S. Marine Biology, 1977 California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California

A.A. Liberal Arts , 1975 Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, Massachusetts

Industrial Electronics, 1969 Oliver Wolcott Technical School, Torrington, Connecticut

  REFERENCES

Clayton Wallace, Past Editor, 'The Islander' Gulf Shores, Alabama 36542 251-968-7568