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College and University President Politicians in Alaska

Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) — also known as Charles E. Bunnell — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Dimock, Susquehanna County, Pa., January 12, 1878. Democrat. Candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914; U.S. District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; first president of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (later University of Alaska), 1921-45. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Elks. Died, following a heart attack, at a nursing home in Burlingame, San Mateo County, Calif., November 1, 1956 (age 78 years, 294 days). Interment at Birch Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska; statue at University of Alaska Campus, Fairbanks, Alaska.   Relatives: Son of Lyman Walton Bunnell and Ruth (Tingley) Bunnell; married, July 24, 1901, to Mary Anna Kline.   William Ransom Wood (1907-2001) — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born near Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., February 3, 1907. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president, University of Alaska, 1960-73; mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1978-80. Episcopalian. Died, at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, February 25, 2001 (age 94 years, 22 days). Burial location unknown.

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