Dave Allen Oral History Transcript

After receiving B.A. and M.S. degrees in the biological sciences, David Allen started his career at the National Aquarium, operated by the FWS, as a GS7 fishery biologist. He worked there for five years before joining the Fishery Research Division in Washington, D.C. He acted for a year as the Division Chief of Fishery Research, overseeing about 8 Fishery laboratories. He was then selected and relocated to the position of Assistant Regional Director for Fishery Resources in Region 5. In 1979 he was selected for the position of Deputy Regional Director in Region 4 and relocated his family to Atlanta. In 1991, he was reassigned to Alaska as Deputy Regional Director to Walt Stieglitz and was promoted to Regional Director when Walt retired. In 2003, Dave was moved out of Alaska as many executive positions were reshuffled during the change from the Clinton to the G. W. Bush administration. He was reassigned to Portland, Oregon as Regional Director. Three years after his relocation to Portland, David retired and now spends his free time volunteering as a nature guide at a local state park and travelling with his wife on hiking adventures around the world.