27 Sep 2019 Rose Dunleavy Alaska’s First Lady Rose Dunleavy is a proud Inupiaq woman from the Kobuk River Valley village of Noorvik, where she was raised. She is one of 12 children of Robert… wpengine
27 Sep 2019 Donna Walker Alaska First Lady Donna Walker was born in Anniston, Alabama and moved with her family to Kailua, Hawaii, when she was 12. She received a bachelor’s degree from San Diego… wpengine
27 Sep 2019 Mike Dunleavy Governor Mike Dunleavy arrived in Alaska in 1983 as a young man looking for opportunity, and he found it. His first job was working in a logging camp in Southeast… Clay Carpenter
01 Jan 2018 Keith H. Miller KEITH H. MILLER was born March 1, 1925 in Seattle, Washington. Governor Miller served with the Army Air Corps in World War II. Public offices include: Member, Alaska House of Representatives, 1963-64;… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 William Allen Egan WILLIAM ALLEN EGAN, Alaska's first governor, was born on October 8, 1914, in Valdez, Alaska. He earned an honorary LL.D. from the Alaska Methodist University in 1965, and the University… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Jay S. Hammond JAY S. HAMMOND was born in Troy, New York, in 1922. He served in the U.S. Navy in 1942 and as a marine fighter pilot in World War II. He… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 William Jennings Sheffield WILLIAM JENNINGS SHEFFIELD was born in Spokane, Washington in 1928. He studied at DeForest Training School in Chicago and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1946 to 1949.… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Steve Cowper STEVE COWPER was born in Petersburg, Virginia, and grew up in Kinston, North Carolina. He received a bachelor's and law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Walter J. Hickel WALTER J. HICKEL was born near Claflin, Kansas. He moved to Alaska in 1940. During World War II, he served as a civilian flight maintenance inspector for the Army Air Corps.… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Tony Knowles TONY KNOWLES was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1962 and served in the 82nd Airborne Division; he volunteered to serve in Vietnam from 1964… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Frank H. Murkowski FRANK H. MURKOWSKI was born on March 28, 1933 and was raised in Ketchikan, Alaska. He graduated from Ketchikan (Alaska) High School in 1951 and from Seattle University in 1955… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Sarah Palin Sarah Heath Palin arrived in Alaska with her family in 1964. She graduated from Wasilla High School and has lived in Skagway, Eagle River and Wasilla. She received a Bachelor… National Governors Association
