Three in contention for aquarium directorship

Associated Press

A University of Hawai'i search committee has narrowed to three the number of candidates for the directorship of the Waikiki Aquarium, officials said.

The finalists, selected from three dozen applicants, are to give presentations and take questions from the public early next month, the university said in a news release.

A director for the aquarium, which is run by the University of Hawai'i-Manoa, is expected to be chosen in November.

The candidates are:

• John E. Heyning, head of research and related exhibition programs at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
• Andrew Rossiter, senior research scientist and deputy chief of the aquarium section at Lake Biwa Museum in Kusatsu, Japan.
• Mark F. Smith, director of animal husbandry and plant operations for Australia's International Design for the Environment and Associates.