• Ph.D., Natural Resources, University of Michigan, 1975
• Master of Regional Planning, University of Michigan, 1975
• B.A., Williams College, Biology, Environmental Studies, 1972

Jack Kruse was ISER’s director from 1994 to 1997 and before that he was on the ISER faculty for nearly 20 years. He designed many major ISER surveys and analyzed the data collected for a wide range of research studies.