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Anthony Joseph Dimond (1881-1953) —
also known as Anthony J. Dimond; Tony
Dimond —
of Valdez, Chugach
census area, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
30, 1881.
Democrat. Prospector;
lawyer;
mayor
of Valdez, Alaska, 1920-22, 1925-32; member of Alaska
territorial senate 3rd District, 1923-26, 1929-32; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1933-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1936,
1940;
district judge in Alaska, 1945-53; died in office 1953.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Anchorage,
Alaska, May 28,
1953 (age 71 years, 179
days).
Interment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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William Allen Egan (1914-1984) —
also known as William A. Egan —
of Valdez, Chugach
census area, Alaska.
Born in Valdez, Chugach
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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Jerry Mackie (b. 1962) —
of Craig, Prince of
Wales-Hyder census area, Alaska.
Born in Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska, January
10, 1962.
Democrat. Member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1990, 1992, 1994; member
of Alaska
state senate District C, 1997-2000.
Member, Moose; Eagles.
Still living as of 2000.
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Ellsworth Wagner Rowell (1886-1953) —
also known as E. W. Rowell;
"Bert" —
of Casper, Natrona
County, Wyo.; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in California, March
29, 1886.
Republican. Locomotive
engineer; printing
business; mayor of
Casper, Wyo., 1930-33; defeated, 1927, 1933, 1935, 1937;
candidate for Governor of
Wyoming, 1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Elks; Lions.
Died, following surgery for a brain
tumor, in the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., May 27,
1953 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives:
Married, November
2, 1906, to Daphne Cohen; married 1933 to Izetta
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Tribune-Herald, November 4, 1931 |
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Robin L. Taylor (b. 1943) —
of Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska; Wrangell,
Alaska.
Born in Sedro-Woolley, Skagit
County, Wash., February
5, 1943.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Alaska, 1977-82; member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990;
member of Alaska
state senate District A, 1992-; appointed 1992; Republican
candidate for Governor of
Alaska, 1998 (primary), 1998.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Elks;
Moose; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2001.
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