SERC’s director will retire in 2025
After 45 years of service to the Smithsonian, Anson “Tuck” Hines, director of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, has announced he will retire in 2025.
Anson “Tuck” Hines
Hines has been a transformational leader in a variety of positions at SERC. He first joined the Environmental Research Center (then known as the Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies) in 1979 as one of its five initial research scientists. Trained as a marine ecologist, he was the principal investigator for SERC’s Fish and Invertebrate Ecology Laboratory. In 1988, Hines took on the role of SERC’s assistant director, a position he held until he became director in 2008.
Under Hines’ leadership, SERC has become one of the nation’s most comprehensive and impactful conservation research institutes. As an expert on the blue crabs of the Chesapeake Bay, Hines also has positioned SERC as a local, regional, national, and international leader in marine ecosystem research. He has overseen to growth of SERC’s research program to 20 principal investigators and established a rapidly expanding Public Engagement Program.
“With its strong commitment to land conservation and sustainable, innovative facilities, SERC is a model for long-term ecosystem research in coastal land- and seascapes,” said Under Secretary for Science and Research Ellen Stofan. “We applaud Tuck’s long-term commitment, his impact and his legacy, which have made our world a better place.
“I have personally appreciated Tuck’s commitment to One Smithsonian and his strategic thinking that has helped shape our Life on a Sustainable Planet initiative,” Stofan continued.
As SERC plans for its 60th Anniversary in 2025, a committee has been formed to conduct a national search for Hines’ successor. He will remain as director until his successor is in place.
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Posted: 1 October 2024
