Dean Hougen is the Oklahoma City President of theOklahoma Aquarium Association (OKAA) and a member of the board of
trustees for the American Cichlid Association (ACA). He has been
active in the aquarium hobby for more than a quarter century and has
been a longtime member of aquarium societies including OKAA, ACA, and
the Minnesota Aquarium Society. For many years he has been fascinated
by the cichlids of South America. Dean founded the South American
Cichlid Study Group in 1993 and was the first editor of its journal
"ACARA." He has written numerous articles for this and other hobby
publications. Dean's articles have been reprinted by clubs from
Canada to Australia, and translated into languages including French,
Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Korean, and Turkish. He has spoken at
club events across the United States from Minnesota to Texas, and
California to Connecticut.
