1888 -Born in Fayetteville, PA; the son of Andrew J. Heintzleman

1908 -Recieved B.F. degree from Pennsylvania State Forest School

1910 -M.F. degree from Yale University Forestry School

1910-1918 -Employed with U.S. Forestry Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Portland and Eugene, OR

1918-1935 -Logging engineer and assistant regional forester, Ketchikan

1935-1937 -Deputy assistant for the National Recovery Administrator

1937-1953 -Regional forester for Alaska at the headquarters in Juneau

1937 -Alaska representative, Federal Power Commision

1941-1953 -Alaskan commissioner for U.S. Department of Agriculture

1953-1957 -Governor of Alaska;resigned

1957-1959 -Member of the Board of Regents, appointed by Governor Stepovich

1963 -Died in Juneau at the age of 75; buried in Fayetteville, PA

B. Frank Heintzleman, a Fellow of the Arctic Institute since 1955, died in Juneau, Alaska on 24 June, 1965. Mr. Heintzleman was an outstanding Alaskan and a leader in the development of the Territory for many years. After Alaska became a State, Mr. Heintzleman devoted most of his time to the encouragement and nurturing of its development possibilities. Frank Heintzleman was born in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, in 1888. He was a forester and received his B.S. in Forestry from the Pennsylvania State College in 1907 and his M.F. from Yale in 1910. He was appointed the Regional Forester for Alaska in 1937 and held that position until 1953. During the same interval he was the Commissioner for Alaska of the Department of Agriculture. During World War II he directed the Alaska Spruce Log Program, a public agency formed to take Sitka spruce from Alaska forests for aircraft material. In 1953 he became the Governor of the Territory of Alaska, a position which he held until 1957. Alaska will miss Frank Heintzleman. His broad knowledge of the State, his long experience, his high principles and his dedication to the development of the State were invaluable.

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