Robert B. Atwood

Chairman, Alaska Statehood Committee

Publisher, Anchorage Daily Times

• Publisher of the Anchorage Daily Times, the most prominent pro-statehood newspaper in Alaska.
• Arranged and travelled with the "Statehood Flight" to Washington D.C., where he personally lobbied President Eisenhower to support statehood for Alaska.
• Unsuccessful candidate for "Alaska-Tennessee Plan" Congressional Delegation.

Name Robert B. Atwood
City Anchorage
Occupation Newspaper Owner and Publisher Born March 31, 1907 - Chicago, Illinois Died January 10, 1997 - Anchorage, Alaska Alaska Resident 1933-1997 Honors

• "Alaskan of the Year" - 1967
• Director, National Municipal League - 1969
• Norweigian Consul - 1959

• Speech to the Convention
• Statehood Flight
• Handbook for the Delegates of the Alaska Constitutional Convention

Suggested Reading  

• Bob Atwood's Alaska - Robert B. Atwood

Selected Newspaper Articles  

• Commonwealth Not For Alaska - Anchorage Daily Times, 1955-02-08
• Constitution Plans Occupy State Group - Daily Alaskan Empire, 1955-02-04
• Set Plans for Statehood Fight - 100 Alaskans Will See President - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 1954-05-03

For more newspaper articles, visit the Statehood Newspaper Archive