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Harry Oscar Arend (1903-1966) —
also known as Harry O. Arend —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., October
26, 1903.
Son of William Fred Arend and Ida Augusta (Schimanski) Arend.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1944-49; justice of
Alaska state supreme court, 1960-64.
Mormon.
Member, Jaycees;
Rotary.
Died July 2,
1966 (age 62 years, 249
days).
Interment at Angelus
Memorial Park, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Robert Rolland Armstrong (1910-1995) —
also known as R. Rolland Armstrong —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska; Juneau,
Alaska; Sitka,
Alaska; Roswell, Chaves
County, N.M.
Born in Grapeville, Westmoreland
County, Pa., October
21, 1910.
Son of Robert Armstrong and Charlotte (Kinnear) Armstrong.
Ordained
minister; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died December
16, 1995 (age 85 years, 56
days).
Interment at South
Park Cemetery, Roswell, N.M.
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Jim Duncan (b. 1942) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, May 14,
1942.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1957-86; member of Alaska
state senate, 1987-; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1998.
Member, Rotary; Elks.
Still living as of 1998.
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William Allen Egan (1914-1984) —
also known as William A. Egan —
of Valdez, Valdez-Cordova
census area, Alaska.
Born in Valdez, Valdez-Cordova
census area, Alaska, October
8, 1914.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1941-44,
1947-52; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1951-52; served in
the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Valdez, Alaska, 1946; member of Alaska
territorial senate 3rd District, 1953-56; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956;
Governor
of Alaska, 1959-66, 1970-74; defeated, 1966, 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960,
1972.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
Rotary; Moose; Lions.
Died May 6,
1984 (age 69 years, 211
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Lindauer (b. 1937) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., November
20, 1937.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; candidate for Governor of
Alaska, 1998.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1998.
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Zachariah Joshua Loussac (1883-1965) —
also known as Z. J. Loussac —
of Anchorage,
Alaska; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Pokrov, Russia,
July
13, 1883.
Democrat. Druggist;
philanthropist; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1948-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Rotary.
The Z. J. Loussac Public Library in Anchorage is named for
him.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March 15,
1965 (age 81 years, 245
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Angelus
Memorial Park, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Frank Hughes Murkowski (b. 1933) —
also known as Frank H. Murkowski —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March 28,
1933.
Son of Frank Michael Murkowski and Helen (Hughes) Murkowski.
Republican. Banker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1970; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1981-2002; resigned 2002; Governor of
Alaska, 2002-06; defeated in primary, 2006.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Elks; Lions; National Rifle
Association; Rotary; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2009.
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Arthur Leslie Nerland (1902-1992) —
also known as Leslie Nerland; Les Nerland —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Dawson, Yukon
Territory, March 11,
1902.
Son of Andrew
Nerland.
Furniture
merchant; banker; mayor
of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1938-40; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56; regent,
University of Alaska, 1956-61.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Issaquah, King
County, Wash., February
18, 1992 (age 89 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1926
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Sean Parnell (b. 1962) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Hanford, Kings
County, Calif., November
19, 1962.
Son of Pat
Parnell.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1992, 1994; member of Alaska
state senate District I, 1997-2000; Lieutenant
Governor of Alaska, 2006-09; Governor of
Alaska, 2009-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2011.
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Gary Stevens (b. 1941) —
of Kodiak, Kodiak
Island Borough, Alaska.
Born in McMinnville, Yamhill
County, Ore., August
21, 1941.
Republican. University
professor; candidate for Alaska
state senate District C, 1996; member of Alaska
state house of representatives 6th District, 2001-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2001.
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Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) —
also known as Ted Stevens —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
18, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-68; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Indicted
in July 2008 on federal charges
of failing
to report gifts
from VECO Corporation and its CEO; tried and
convicted
in October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due to
prosecutorial misconduct. The Anchorage airport is named for
him.
Killed in a plane
crash, in Bristol Bay
Borough, Alaska, August 9,
2010 (age 86 years, 264
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Fran Ulmer (b. 1947) —
of Juneau,
Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., February
1, 1947.
Democrat. Mayor of
Juneau, Alaska, 1983-85; Lieutenant
Governor of Alaska, 1994-2002.
Female.
Member, League
of Women Voters; Rotary.
Still living as of 2002.
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Gary R. Wilken (b. 1946) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
24, 1946.
Republican. Member of Alaska
state senate District O, 1997-.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2004.
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Peggy Wilson (b. 1945) —
of Wrangell,
Alaska.
Born in Anamosa, Jones
County, Iowa, September
8, 1945.
Republican. Registered
nurse; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives; member of Alaska
state house of representatives 2nd District, 2001-.
Female.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2001.
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