Professor of fisheries and university administrator, University of Washington.
Richard Van Cleve was born 1906, and died 1984. He became director of the School of Fisheries, University of Washington, in 1949 and dean of the College of Fisheries from 1958-1971, when he became professor emeritus. Van Cleve's work addressed problems of productivity and conservation of fisheries resources. This included study of the survival of salmon and trout species in the Northwest. Van Cleve also worked as a consultant on fisheries issues in India and Sourtheast Asia. He was made a Fellow of the American Institute of Fishery and was its president from 1967-1968.
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Dr. Van Cleve came to the University as Director of the School of Fisheries in 1949. He became Dean of the newly established Fisheries College in 1958. In 1971 Dr. Van Cleve retired as Dean but continued to serve as Professor Emeritus until his death in 1984. These papers remained in his office at the time of his death. The papers cover the entire length of Dr. Van Cleve's career including his activities with various research commissions prior to his coming to the University.