This testimonial was read at David's induction as an Honored Life Member of the Association in 1963.

David H. Wallace was born 17 February 1916 at Barclay, Maryland, where his father was a postmaster. Atr the age of 15 he entered Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland. There Professor Kathleen Carpenter, the famous Welsh fresh-water biologist, inspired him to choose biology as a career. After taking a B. S. degree at Washington in 1935 David entered the University of Maryland, where he studied ichthyology under Professors V. Vladykov and R. V. Truitt and won the M. S. degree in zoology in 1937. During the summers of 1936 and 1937 he did field and laboratory work on the rock (striped bass) and shad at Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, Maryland. In 1938 he was promoted from assistant biologist to biologist in charge of fisheries research, and extended his investigations to croakers. Eight publications were based on his researches during this period.

In 1940 Dave moved to Annapolis to become the administrative assistant in the Maryland Department of Tidewater Fisheries, rising to executive secretary in 1941 and director in 1946. In 1949 he became chairman of the Maryland Board of Natural Resources.

Upon the death of Dr. Lewis Radcliffe, the Oyster Institute of North America chose David Wallace to replace him. From 1951 to 1962 he served with distinction as director of the Oyster Institute and as executive secretary of the Sponge and Chamois Institute.

Since 1962 he has been Director of the Bureau of Marine Fisheries of New York's Conservation Department at Oakdale, N.Y., with responsibility for research, management, shellfish sanitation, and law enforcement programs. As a member of the staff of the University of New York at Stony Brook, he is planning the permanent offices of the Conservation Department and developing a graduate marine science program for the University.

While mainly an administrator, Dave Wallace has found time to do research, and to serve on several state and federal committees concerned with research. He has also served a term as secretary-treasurer of the National Shellfisheries Association. Furthermore, he has found time for leadership in his church and PTA, the Civitan Club and community activities so important that he was named Man of the Year for Anne Arundel County (1951). He is admired by all who know him for his ability to get along with people, for his tact and ready sympathy, and for his integrity as well as for his ability.