Director McKernan Leaves BCF 

 for State, November 1; 

 Crov\/ther His Successor 



Donald L. McKernan, Director of the Bu- 

 reau of Commercial Fisheries since 1956, 

 has been named Special Assistant to the Sec- 

 retary of State for Fisheries and Wildlife, and 

 will leave BCF about November 1. He suc- 

 ceeds William C. Herrington, who is retiring 

 after 15 years with State. 



Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall 

 announced that BCF Deputy Director Harold E. 

 Crowther will 

 replace Mr. 

 McKernan. 



Secretary 

 Udall said that 

 the past 10 

 years have been 

 significant ones 

 for the Nation's 

 commercial 

 fishing in- 

 dustry. "Major 

 developments 

 have occurred 

 in government 

 efforts in the 

 commercial 

 fisheries during 

 Mr. McKernan's 

 tenure as Direc- 

 tor," he said, citing as examples the enact- 

 ment by Congress of financial assistance pro- 

 grams, the launching of the National Oceano- 

 graphic Program in which the Bureau plays a 

 key role, and the Bureau's increasing efforts 

 to resolve the myriad problems arising out of 

 international use of the fishery resources of 

 the high seas. 



In his new role, Mr. McKernan will advise 

 the Secretary of State on policy matters in the 

 field of fisheries and wildlife. He will rep- 

 resent State in meetings with the fishing in- 

 dustry, fish and wildlife conservation organi- 

 zations --and the United States in meetings 

 with representatives of other governments on 

 fish and wildlife matters. 



When appointed Director in 1956, Mr. 

 McKernan was the Administrator, Territory 

 of Alaska. Before that, for 3| years, he was 

 Assistant Director of the Fish and Wildlife 

 Service's Pacific Oceanic Fishery Investiga- 

 tions in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born in 

 Eugene, Oregon, and attended schools in Seat- 

 tle, Washington. He has a BS from the Uni- 



Donald L. McKeman 



versify of Washington and has completed his 

 course requirements for a Ph. D. from that 

 school. From 1945-1952, he was Director of 

 Research for the Oregon Fish Commission. 

 Duriag that period, he had a special Army as- 

 signment to study the freshwater fisheries 

 and shellfish resources of Japan. 



President Eisenhower appointed him in 

 1957 a member of the United States section 

 of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, and 

 member and chairman of the United States 

 section of the Passamaquoddy Fisheries 

 Board of the International Joint Commission. 

 In 1961, he was elected chairman of FAO's 

 First World Conference of Fish in Nutrition, 

 held in Washington. And, in 1962, Mr. Mc- 

 Kernan was awarded the Fisheries Service 

 Award of the National Fisheries Institute "in 

 recognition of long and devoted service to the 

 American Fishing Industry." 



CROWTHER TO TAKE HELM 



In selecting Mr. Crowther, Secretary 

 Udall cited his 30 years' experience in fish- 

 eries research and administration in many 

 parts of the Nation. "Half this time," the Sec- 

 retary said, "was in the fishing industry, and 

 the remainder in the Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries and its parent agency, the Fish 

 and Wildlife Service, in positions of increas- 

 ing responsibility, which eminently qualify 

 him for this position." 



BorninLau- 



rel, Maryland, 

 Mr. Crowther 

 received his 

 BA in 1933 and 

 his MS in 1935 

 from the Uni- 

 versity of 

 Maryland. In 

 1936, he was 

 employed by a 

 private com- 

 pany to conduct 

 research on 

 fishery prod- 

 ucts. In 1943, 

 he joined the 

 Marine Corps 

 and served as 



an officer in the South Pacific. From 1946 to 

 1949, and from 1953 to 1956, he was employ- 

 ed in the fishing industry in Massachusetts. 

 At first, he was a research scientist; and lat- 

 er an executive. In 1949, he entered Govern- 





Harold E, Crowther 



