Dentist, editor Haines Pioneer Press, Mayor of Skagway.

LS Keller was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1859. By 1878 he was practicing dentistry in his home town. In 1880 he went in with his brother to operate a lumber yard in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He became the superintendent of a lumber factory in 1883 back in St. Paul for three years.

Keller was once again practicing dentistry in 1886 - 1891 in Dulth, Minnesota, Great Falls, Montana and St. Paul.

He married Miss Martha B. Schafer in St. Paul in the year 1891. From that time on he practiced dentisty in Pocatello, Idaho where he was elected to the Idaho state senate as a republican.

Just prior to the turn of the century he moved to Skagway, Alaska  where he began practicing dentistry and publishing the Skagway Daily Alaskan, which he bought in 1907. He served on the city council and was major for several terms.

In 1917 he was appointed to the board of trustees of the AACSM, by Govenor Strong. He did not attend any board meetings and resigned in October, 1921.

Keller died in Seattle of cancer of the throat on November 30, 1922.

Louis Scott Keller – 1917-1921

1859 - Born in St. Paul, Minnesota.

1878-1880 - Practiced dentistry in St. Paul.

1880-1883 - Operated a lumberyard with brother, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

1883-1886 - Supt. Of lumber factory, St. Paul.

1886-1891 - Practiced dentistry in Duluth, Minnesota, Great Falls, Montana. And St. Paul, Minnesota.

1891 - Married Miss Martha B. Schafer in St. Paul; no children.

1891-1897 - Practiced dentistry in Pocatello, Idaho; elected to the Idaho State Senate as a Republican.

1897-1922 - Lived in Skagway, practicing dentistry and publishing the Skagway Daily Alaskan, which he bought in 1907. He served on the city council and was mayor for several terms.

1917-1921 - Appointed to the board of trustees of the Alaska Agricultural College & School of Mines, by Governor Strong. He did not attend any board meetings and resigned in October, 1921.

1918 - Chairman of the First Division Republican convention in Juneau; made an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Marshalship.

1922 - Died in Seattle of cancer of the throat at the age of 63.

Credits: Board of Regents file - Dr. Louis Scott Keller