John E. Halver

John E. Halver (NAS) is Professor Emeritus in Nutrition at the University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. He was a Professor at the University of Washington for 24 years until his retirement in 1992. Prior to that, he was Senior Scientist in Nutrition for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Seattle (1975-1978) and Director of Western Fish Nutrition Laboratories of the USFWS (1950-1975). In 1976, he founded the Halver Corporation, an ecosystems management consultancy that serves the national and international arena, of which he is still the President and CEO. Dr. Halver is a member of the American Society for Nutrition, the American Fisheries Society, the World Aquaculture Society, and the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists. He has membership in the National Academy of Sciences and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He has served as the chair of the first NRC publication on Nutrient Requirements of Fish, as Section 61 Liaison for Animal, Nutritional, and Applied Microbial Sciences, and on the Panel on Research and the Government Performance and Results Act. In 2005, the International Biographical Centre of Cambridge, England named him one of the "Leading Scientists of the World." Dr. Halver received his B.Sc. in Chemistry and his M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from Washington State University and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Washington.