U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

Matthew J. Hogan, 37, was named acting director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last month by Interior Secretary Gale Norton. Hogan, a deputy director for three years, will hold the post until a new director is nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Former FWS director Steve Williams announced his resignation last month to become president of the Wildlife Management Institute.

Hogan previously was conservation policy director of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation. Prior to that, he was government affairs manager for Safari Club International and legislative director for U.S. Rep. Pete Geren, D-Tex.

Hogan graduated from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1990 with a degree in political science. The law that requires a FWS to have a biological background “by experience or professional training” does not apply to acting directors, FWS officials said.