Among the first instructors hired to teach at the camp, Assistant Bird Life Instructor Allan Cruickshank, shown here holding a herring gull, was a leading figure in American ornithology, nature photography, and conservation. Cruickshank would go on to teach at Hog Island for 20 summers. Rounding out the first summer's staff were Dorothy Treat as the Nature Activities Instructor, Roger Peterson as Head Bird Life Instructor, Dr. Young as Plant Life Instructor, Fred Fletcher as as Insect LIfe Instructor, and Gerard Pomerat as Marine Life Instructor.
