This document is former HSUS Vice President David Wills's résumé, in its 1982 form.

Michigan veterinarian Dr. Alan Berger forwarded the résumé that year to the Washington Humane Society, as part of a background investigation. The group's Executive Director later took issue with some of Wills' claims, writing:

[E]nclosed please find a resumé of David Keith Wills, prepared while he was the employee of the Washington Humane Society. It appears that there are significant discrepancies between this resumé and the 'Confidential Resumé' that you forwarded.

Download “Confidential” Résumé of David Wills, 1982

This file is a December 27, 1982 letter from Washington Humane Society Executive Director Jean Goldenberg to Michigan veterinarian Dr. Alan Bergen.

Goldenberg, replying to Bergen's queries about David Wills, wrote:

I have examined David Wills' resume, which you forwarded to me. Certain information given in this resume is, according to our records and my personal knowledge, untrue.

Goldenberg specifically took issue with Wills' claims of having a B.S. in Journalism and an M.S. from the University of Maryland; of having worked for the Washington Humane Society in 1975; and of having worked as a kennel worker at the Montgomery County (MD) SPCA.

In his December 30, 1982 reply, Dr. Bergen stated that "we still don't know where he [Wills] was from 1972 to 1976."

Download Letter from the Washington Humane Society Regarding David Wills, 1982

 This is the Form 990 tax return that the Humane Society of the United States filed with the IRS for fiscal year 1982.      

Revenue: $6.1 million

Expenses: $3.8 million

Net fund balance: $9.6 million

Download 1982 HSUS Form 990