Emeritus Professor Dean E. Mann passed away on April 21, 2014 at the age of 84. Born July 22, 1927 in Ogden, Utah, Dean Mann received his Ph.D. in 1958 from the University of California, Berkeley. He specialized in American Politics and was an early pioneer in the field of Environmental Politics.

Dean Mann began his career at the University of Arizona in Tucson. It was there, while finishing his dissertation, teaching and conducting post-doctoral research, that he established himself as an authority on the politics of water in the western United States. In the late 1950s, as a congressional fellow, Mann served on the legislative staff of U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and, in the early 1960s, as a fellow with the Brookings Institute in Washington D.C. He received a grant from the Ford Foundation in 1962 to work in Caracas, Venezuela for two years.

Dean Mann joined the Department of Political Science at the University of California Santa Barbara in 1965 and remained a beloved member of the faculty until his retirement in 1991. His research and teaching were in the field of American Politics, public administration, and natural resource policy. He served twice as department chair from 1970 until 1976 and again from 1984 to 1987.

In addition to his service to our department and to UCSB, Dean Mann was well respected in the broader political science community. He served as President of the Western Political Science Association and for many years as the Editor of Western Political Quarterly (now Political Research Quarterly) working to make it a prominent journal in the field.

Dean Mann was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years, Helen Joyce Mann. He is survived by his seven children (Jeffrey, Karen, Lindsay, Preston, Kimberley, Randall, and Tamara), 39 grandchildren, and 25 great grandchildren.

Dean Mann will be remembered as a lovely person who was truly wonderful to work with. He provided a friendly and calm presence in the department, always treated people fairly, and was welcoming to new colleagues.