Frank Peratrovich

Member, Alaska Statehood Committee

Delegate & Vice President, Alaska Constitutional Convention

State & Territorial Legislator

Mayor, City of Klawock
 

• Only Alaska Native elected to the Constitutional Convention
• Served on Alaska Statehood Committee from 1949-59
• President of the Alaska Native Brotherhood

Name Frank Peratrovich
City Klawock
Occupation Merchant
Born April 2, 1895 - Klawock, Alaska
Died January, 1984 - Ketchikan
Alaska Resident Lifelong

• Delegate Biography

Honors

• Honorary Doctorate of Public Service, University of Alaska - 1973
• 49er Hall of Fame
• President, Alaska Native Brotherhood

Selected Newspaper Articles  

• Egan Heads Convention - Anchorage Daily Times, 1955-11-10
• Peratrovich Presides Briefly At Convention - Anchorage Daily Times, 1955-12-16

For more newspaper articles, visit the Statehood Newspaper Archive