![Children observing a fish tank education session (Image credit: Matt McIntosh/NOAA) Children observing a fish tank education session](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2021-12/Mallow_Credit%20Matt%20McIntosh-NOAA-1.jpg?h=26b851bb&itok=Xhkv2Wy9)
Children observing a fish tank education session at Mallow Bay National Marine Sanctuary. (Image credit: Matt McIntosh/NOAA)
![Bob Hansen, Office of Education
Tenure at NOAA: 1974-2019 (retired)
Bob Hansen, Office of Education
Tenure at NOAA: 1974-2019 (retired)](/sites/default/files/styles/square_width_325/public/legacy/image/2020/Mar/PHOTO-Robert%20Hansen-03122020-237x237px-square.jpg?itok=oIxMcqkw)
Bob Hansen
Through his tenure at NOAA, Bob Hansen served as a map maker, NOAA historian, a writer, a sign language interpreter, a constituent affairs specialist, and finally, a national outreach coordinator for the Office of Education.