Background
Fraker, Mark Arnott was born on December 13, 1944 in Columbus, Indiana, United States. Son of Ralph Waldo and Carol (Arnott) Fraker.
Fraker, Mark Arnott was born on December 13, 1944 in Columbus, Indiana, United States. Son of Ralph Waldo and Carol (Arnott) Fraker.
Bachelor with honors, Indiana U., 1967; Master of Arts, Indiana U., 1969.
Biologist, project manager, F.F. Slaney and Company, Vancouver, Canada, 1972-1978;
biologist, project director, LGL Ltd., Sidney, B.C., Canada, 1978-1982;
senior environmental scientist, BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., Anchorage, 1982-1991;
wildlife, restoration program manager division oil spill impact assessment& restoration, Alaska Department Fish and Game, Anchorage, 1991-1993;
president, TerraMar Environmental Research Ltd., Sidney, B.C., Canada, since 1993. Broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Company, Vancouver, 1970-1972. Member science committee International WhalingCom., Cambridge, England, 1982-1991.
Adjunct Professor U. Alaska, Anchorage, 1985-1989. Member panel NAS, 1987-1992. Member rescue team Barrow Gray Whale Rescue, 1988.
Member of advisory commission on polar programs National Science Foundation, 1988-1990. Member Pacific Science Review Group for Marine Mammal Stock Assessments, since 1994. Member Ballard Locks Pinniped-Fishery Interaction Task Force, since 1994.
(In depth information on whales and offshore oil drilling ...)
Amb. to Peru, Anchorage Olympic Organizing Committee, 1986-1989. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Mammalogists, Arctic Institute North America, Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club, Canada Society Zoologists, Society for Marine Mammalogy, TheWildlife Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Pamela Norton, May 27, 1967 (divorced February 1985). 1 child, Russell; married Donice Horton, August 23, 1986.