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27 Sep 2019

Rose Dunleavy

Alaska’s First Lady Rose Dunleavy is Inupiaq from the Kobuk River Valley village of Noorvik, where she grew up. The First Lady has worked for more than 20 years in the airline…

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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…

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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…

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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;…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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.…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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