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UA Honorary Degrees

The recognition of selfless dedication to the betterment of mankind has been an overriding theme in the bestowing of honorary degrees by the University of Alaska Board of Regents. Chosen for their leadership roles in the governmental, humanitarian and scientific worlds, Alaskans and non-Alaskans have been selected for this distinguished honor over the years of the institution's existence.
YearNameBio. Info.DegreeInst.
1932James Gordon Steese
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Pioneer Alaska road builder.ScienceUA
1935James WickershamJudge; Cong. Delegate, instrumental in the creation of the UALL.DUA
1940Jacob P. Anderson
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Alaskan BotanistScienceUA
1946Herbert Brandt
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OrnithologistScienceUA
1948Stuart Lyman Seaton1st Dir of Geophysical ObservatoryScienceUA
1949William E. Duckering1st Dean of University of AlaskaEngineeringUA
1949Henry M. Jackson
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US Congressman from WashingtonLL.D.UA
1950Anthony J. Dimond
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Lawyer, Alaska delegate to Congress 1933-45LL.D.UA
1950Helge Larsen
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Anthropologist ScienceUA
1951Nathan Twining
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US Chief of Staff, Air ForceLL.D.UA
1951Earl Warren
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Chief Justice, US Supreme CourtPublic ServiceUA
1951Bradford Washburn, Jr.
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Dir Museum of Science, authority on Mt. McKinleyPh.D.UA
1952Andrew NerlandBOR Member and President, legislator; businessmanLawsUA
1952John C. ReedExec Dir of Arctic Inst. of North AmericaScienceUA
1953Ernest PattyOne of first faculty of the UA; President 1953-60EngineeringUA
1953Merle A.Tuve
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Director of the U. S. Department of Terrestrial MagnetismScienceUA
1954Bernt Balchen
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Pioneer Arctic aviator; The Air AttacheScienceUA
1954Henry Schmitz
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Pres Emeritus, U of WashingtonScienceUA
1955William Fife Knowland
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US Senator from CaliforniaLL.D.UA
1955Walter A. WoodArctic Inst. of North AmericaScienceUA
1955Sir Hubert Wilkins
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Polar ExplorerScienceUA
1955George Gasser
PDF - "100 years of Agriculture" pg. 28
Rep. in 1951; faculty in agriculture; dean 1928 to 1945. 1st Alaska Commissioner of AgricultureScienceUA
1955Ernest GrueningUS Senator for Alaska; Territorial Governor of Alaska ScienceUA
1956Edith S. Green
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US Congresswoman from Oregon - In 1955 introduced bill to require equal pay for equal work whether performed by a man or a woman.LL.DUA
1956Zachariah J. Loussac
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Mayor of AnchorageLL.D.UA
1957Elsie May Bell GrosvenorChild of Alexander Graham Bell, wife of Gilbert Grosvenor, board chairman of the National Geographic SocietyLL.D.UA
1957Gilbert Grosvenor
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Transformed National Geographic Magazine from a small journal into a world-renowned monthly.LL.D.UA
1957Otto William GeistPioneer Alaskan ArcheologistScienceUA
1957Norman M. MacKenzie
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President of U of British ColumbiaLL.D.UA
1958Sidney Chapman
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Geophysicist ScienceUA
1958Fred A. Seaton
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US Secretary of Interior LL.D.UA
1958Michael J. WalshBOR Member 1943-59; Rep. from NomeLL.D.UA
1958C. Marie DrakeAsst. Comm. of Education; Alaska Flag Song; authorD. Litt.UA
1958Franklin C. Frypastor and president, United Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church in US. D. Litt.UA
1959Lydia Fohn-HansenDirector of UA Home Economics Extension ServiceD. Humanities UA
1959Don Irwin1st Dir Agricultural Experiment Station in PalmerHumanitiesUA
1959George Lehleitner
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Businessman from Louisiana assisted in Alaska statehood by promoting the Tennessee PlanLL.D.UA
1959 Leo W. O'BrienUS Congressman from New York supported Alaska statehood movement.LL.D.UA
1959Edward Teller
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Dir. Univ.Calif. Radiation Lab, father of US hydrogen bomb,marketed Project Chariot in AKScienceUA
1960E. L. (Bob) BartlettUS Senator from Alaska LL.D.UA
1960Gerald Fitzgerald Land Use Planning CommissionScienceUA
1961Ralph J. Bunche
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Undersecretary, United Nations, First person of color awarded Nobel Prize for Peace.LL.D. UA
1961William B.Osgood, FieldGlacierologistScienceUA
1961William K. KellerAK Commissioner of Education 1930's,Former UA faculty memberLL.D. UA
1961Milton D. SnodgrassTerritorial Legislator; BOR member 1921-29ScienceUA
1962Robert Rolland Armstrong
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President,Sheldon Jackson CollegeHumanitiesUA
1962Wayne N. Aspinall
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US Congressman from ColoradoLL.D.UA
1962Lowell J.Thomas Sr.
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Acclaimed American writerLL.D.UA
1962Noel Wien
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Pioneer Alaskan AviatorScienceUA
1963James H. Doolittle
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Pioneer Aviator, General - US airforce,On board of Space Tech. Lab.ScienceUA
1963Robert Reeve
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President, Reeve Aleutian Airways ScienceUA
1963Robert Shaw
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Noted conductor and founder of Robert Shaw ChoraleFine ArtsUA
1963Lola Cremeans Tilly
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Dean of Home EconomicsHumanitiesUA
1964C. Earl Albrecht BOR Member 1949-58; Territorial Comm.of HealthScience UA
1964 Tadao SasayamaPresident of Alaska Lumberand Pulp Company LL.D. UA
1964Luther L. Terry
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Surgeon General,US Public Health Service LL.D. UA
1965Clinton P. Anderson
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US Senator from New MexicoLL.D.UA
1965Max C. Brewer
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Director, Arctic Research LaboratoryScienceUA
1966Juan Trippe
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Chairman, Pan American World AirwaysLL.D.UA
1966Lawrence Kimpton
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Vice President, Standard Oil of Indiana LL.D.UA
1966Harold McCrackenDirector, Whitney Gallery of Western Art and Buffalo Bill Historical Center D. Litt.UA
1966Mary Hale
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Founder of the Alaska Music FestivalFine ArtsUA
1967 Terris MoorePresident of UA 1949-53; noted high elevation aviator.LL.D.UA
1967Charles W. Snedden
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Publisher, Fairbanks Daily News-MinerLL.D.UA
1967Henry L. Miller
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Rear Admiral, Chief of Information, US NavyLL.D.UA
1967Frederick P. McGinnis
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President, Alaska Methodist UniversityHumanitiesUA
1967Evangeline Atwood
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Alaska historian and authorLittUA
1967Philip H. MooreBoard of Regents' Member 1954-65; Sitka PhysicianScienceUA
1968William C. HerringtonSpec.Asst. to Sec. of State for Fisheries and WildlifeLL.D.UA
1968Joseph H.FitzGeraldChair, Fed. Field Committee for Dev. Planning in Ak.LL.D.UA
1968Maurice Goding
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Wilfred Aide to Secretary of InteriorLL.D.UA
1968Walter A. SoboleffRev.,Grand President, Alaska Native BrotherhoodHumanitiesUA
1968Keith B. MatherDir.of Geophysical Institute and Prof. of PhysicsScienceUA
1968Laurence Irving
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Advisory Sci. Dir. and Prof. of Zoophysiology, Inst. of Arctic BiologyScienceUA
1969Louise Arner Boyd
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First Woman to reach North Pole 1955ScienceUA
1969Joel W. BakerM.D. Physician from the Mason Clinic LL.D.UA
1969Christian T. ElveyDirector Emeritus of the Geophysical InstituteScienceUA
1969Bert J. Bingle
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Rev. Alaska pioneer missionaryHumanitiesUA
1969Robert O. Anderson
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Chairman of the Board, Atlantic Richfield Co.LL.D.UA
1969Earl H. BeistlineProf. of Mining Eng., Dean, College of Earth Sciences and Mineral Industry LL.D.UA
1970Elmer E.RasmusonBOR Member - President 1950-69; Mayor of Anch.LL.D.UA
1970Margaret Bell WiksAlaskan Author Litt.UA
1970G Dallas Hanna
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Dept. of Geology, CA. Acad. of Sciences; worked on 1967 earthquake research.ScienceUA
1970Archie DemmertTlingit teacherHumanities UA
1970Detlev Wulf Bronk
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Pres. of the Nat.Academic of Sci.; instrumental in formation of GIScienceUA
1971William Jovanovich
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Publisher; founded Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich Inc.LawsUA
1971Laurence M. Gould
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Dept of Geosciences, U of ArizonaScienceUA
1971M. C. "Rusty" Heurlin
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Alaskan ArtistFine ArtsUA
1971Alfred C. Redfield
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Physiology professor from Harvard UniversityScienceUA
1972Paul A.Smith
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Rear Admiral, Advisory Board to Geophysical InstituteScienceUA
1972William A. Egan
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Governor, State of AlaskaLL.D.UA
1972Arthur J. SchaibleBOR Member 1961-69; Fairbanks physicianScienceUA
1972Sally MonserudAnchorage Community College faculty memberD. HumanitiesUA
1972Kenneth M. RaeUA Vice President for Research 1963-76LL.DUA
1973Warren G. Magnuson
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US Senator from WashingtonLawsUA
1973James A. Michener
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Renowned US AuthorLawsUA
1973Paul MaurerAK DEWLine Chaplain; U.S. Army colonelHum. LettersUA
1973Frank PeratrovichTlingit LegislatorPublic ServiceUA
1973Fred Machetanz
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Alaskan ArtistFine ArtsUA
1973August G. Hiebert
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Alaskan Journalist/BroadcasterPublic ServiceUA
1973Helen D. Bentley
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Chair, Federal Maritime CommissionLawsUA
1973Clark Kerr
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President, Carnegie Commission on Higher EducationLawsUA
1973P.F. ScholanderPhysiologist, Scripp's Inst. of OceanographyScienceUA
1974Robert Sarnoff
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President, RCALL.D.UA
1974William R. Hearst Jr.
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Publisher LL.D.UA
1974Howard Rock
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Founder, Tundra Times newspaper LH.D.UA
1974Henry S. CommagerWriterLH.D.UA
1974Ralph J. Rivers
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Alaska's first elected rep. to Congress; worked closely with President Moore.LL.D.UA
1975Frank A. DegnanCo-founder of Alaska Federation of NativesD. Public ServiceUAF
1975Walter Orr Roberts
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Atmospheric research scientistD. ScienceUAF
1975Theodore F. Stevens
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U.S. Senator from AlaskaD. LawsUAF
1975Dixy Lee RayChair, Atomic Energy Comm.; Gov., State of Wash.D. ScienceUAA
1975George A. Parks
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Territorial Governor of AlaskaD. Public ServiceUAA
1975Robert HenningPublisher of Alaska MagazineD. JournalismUAA
1976Leslie A. Marchand
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Prof. of English and French, 1923-27 and 1934-35D. Hum. LettersUAF
1976Margaret E. Murie
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1st Woman Grad.; Writer; environmentalistD. Hum. LettersUAF
1976Patrick H. O'NeillAlaskan Miner D. ScienceUAF
1976 Edith R. BullockBOR Member 1967-75; Territorial LegislatorD. Public Service UAA
1976Waino HendricksonSecretary of Alaska; Acting Governor of Alaska in 1958D. Public ServiceUAA
1976Walter J.Hickel
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2-time Governor of Alaska; businessmanD. LawsUAA
1977Philip HandlerNational Science FoundationD. ScienceUAF
1977Robert E. McFarland
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Board of Regents' Member 1963-75D. Public Service UAF
1977Mike Gravel
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US Congressman from Alaska D. LawsUAF
1977John W. TolandAuthor and HistorianD. Hum. LettersUAA
1977Francis J. PhillipsDistinguished Alaskan physician and humanitarianD. Science UAA
1977M.R. "Muktuk" MarstonAK Constitutional Convention delegate; military leaderD. Public ServiceUAA
1978Nora GuinnMagistrate and District Judge (1st Native appointed)D. LawsUAA
1978Ethel Ross OliverAlaska schoolteacher for 26 years D. Public ServiceUAF
1978Allan W. Ostar Amer. Assoc. of State Colleges and Univ's,PresidentD. LawsUAF
1979Eugene ShortDean, Anchorage Community CollegeD. EducationUAA
1979Alfred Widmark Tlingit leader; Alaska legislator 1961-62D.HumanitiesUAS
1979Jo Anne Wold
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Writer, journalistD. Hum.Letters UAF
1979Joseph O. Fletcher
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Deputy Director, Nat. Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin's Environmental Research LabsD. ScienceUAF
1979Robert B. Atwood
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Publisher, Anchorage TimesD. JournalismUAA
1979Andrew IsaacTraditional Chief of Athabaskan people D. HumanitiesUAF
1980T. E. ArmstrongScott Polar Research Inst., Cambridge, EnglandD. ScienceUAF
1980John ButrovichTerritorial and State Legislator in Alaska for 30 yearsD. Laws UAF
1980LeDessa Nordale U.S. Commission for Fairbanks 1951-59D. LawsUAF
1980John McPhee
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Alaskan writerD. LettersUAA
1980Willie L. Hensley
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State Senator - Alaska; Member of BOR 1984-87D. LawsUAA
1980 Trevor DavisPhotographer D. HumanitiesUAS
1980Carol Beery DavisPoet LaureateD. HumanitiesUAS
1980Cyrus E. Peck Sr.Magistrate; member of AK Native BrotherhoodD. HumanitiesUAS
1981William D. Berry
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ArtistD. HumanitiesUAF
1981Robert SheldonAlaskan AviatorD. Public ServiceUAF
1981Leslie Nerland businessman; Board of Regents'; member 1956-61D. Public ServiceUAF
1981D. Albert Lincoln WashburnChair, Polar Res. Board, Nat'l Academy of SciencesD. ScienceUAF
1981Jay RabinowitzAlaska Supreme Court JusticeD. Laws UAA
1981George SullivanMayor, City of AnchorageD. Public AdminUAA
1981 Lew M. Williams Jr. Journalist; owner Ketchikan Daily News; mem. BORD. HumanitiesUAS
1981Mildred Sparks Tlingit artist; Leader of Alaska Native Sisterhood D.HumanitiesUAS
1982Emily Ivanoff BrownAuthor; Alaskan educator; Native leaderD. HumanitiesUAF
1982Claire Fejes
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Artist; WriterD. HumanitiesUAF
1982Frederica de Laguna
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AnthropologistD. Hum. LettersUAA
1982Roland SnodgrassAgriculture instr., farmer, Dir. of AK State Dept. of Ag. D. Hum. LettersUAA
1982Frederick EastaughAttorney; Alaska Territory LegislatorD. HumanitiesUAS
1982Robert Boochever
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Chief Justice, Alaska Supreme CourtD. HumanitiesUAS
1982William SteereBotanist; aided establishment of Inst. of Arctic Biology D. ScienceUAF
1983Jay Hammond
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Governor, State of AlaskaD. HumanitiesUAS
1983James Nolan
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Sen. and Rep. from Wrangell; BOR member 1967-73D. HumanitiesUAS
1983Della Keats
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Eskimo Tribal DoctorD. Hum. LettersUAA
1983Morgan B. SherwoodAlaska Journal editorial advisor; authorD. Hum. LettersUAA
1983Jean DementiRev. Missionary and NurseD. HumanitiesUAF
1983John Haines
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Poet Laureate; Alaskan HomesteaderD. LettersUAF
1983 John F. O'ConnellPresident, Bechtel Inc.; helped frame nat. energy policyD. Hum. Letters UAA
1983Carl RandolphPresident, U.S. Borax & Chemical CorpD. Public Service UAF
1984Earnest J. HaugenAlaska State Legislator from PetersburgD. Public AdminUAS
1984Byron I. Mallott
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President, Sealaska Corp.D. HumanitiesUAS
1984Hugh Joseph WadeFirst Secretary of State-State of AlaskaD. Public AdminUAS
1984Jay BartonPresident, University of Alaska 1979-84D. Science UAF
1984Pierre Berton
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Author, Historian of the NorthD. Fine ArtsUAF
1984Albert BelonAssoc. Dir., Geophysical InstituteD. ScienceUAF
1984Harvey Goodale
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Alaskan Artist D. Fine ArtsUAF
1984Ellen GoodaleAlaskan ArtistD. Fine ArtsUAF
1984B. Dale DavisAtwood Chair, professor of journalismD. Hum. LettersUAA
1984John Asplund
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Pioneer Anchorage Businessman; civic leaderD. Comm. LawUAA
1984Young Seek ChoueChanc., Kyung Hee Univ., Korea; Inter.educatorD. LawsUAA
1985Esther Wunnicke
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Alaska Commissioner of Natural ResourcesD. Public ServiceUAA
1985Katharine KuhArt critic and writerD. Fine ArtsUAA
1985Rosamond WellerMusician and educator in Fairbanks for 37 yearsD. HumanitiesUAF
1985Donald Young
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U.S. House of Representatives-AlaskaD. LawsUAF
1985 Robert CogoSoutheast Alaska linguistD. LettersUAF
1985 Jonathan MotzfeldtPolitical leader from GreenlandD. LawsUAF
1985Joseph M. KahklenSoutheast Alaska EducatorD. HumanitiesUAS
1985Joseph Rude Juneau physicianD. HumanitiesUAS
1985William OverstreetMayor - Juneau; Far East Rep. for International TradeD. Public AdminUAS
1985 Keith NyborgU. S. Ambassador to Finland D. Public AffairsUAA
1986Henry AkiyamaCardiologist; established medic program in JuneauD. HumanitiesUAS
1986Mildred Banfield legislator; Board of Regents Member 1976-83D. Public AdminUAS
1986Motley A. LanghorneDiplomat and public servantD. Public ServiceUAA
1986George W. RogersProfessor of Economics, founder of ISERD. Economics UAA
1986Fredericka Martin
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Anthropologist; noted for work done in Pribilof IslandsD. Humanities UAF
1986Mary DemientieffNative elder; member of Nat. Conference on AgingD. HumanitiesUAF
1986Frank Press
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Pres., Nat. Acad. of Sci.; educator and geophysist D. Science UAF
1987Robert A. Dahl
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Political Scientist, Yale University D. LawsUAA
1987Elvera Voth
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Founder of UAA Singers; Anchorage music teacherD. MusicUAA
1987Harold Kaveolook
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Educator and community leader, North SlopeD. EducationUAF
1987Sadie Brower Neakok
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Alaskan magistrate 1960-77D. LawsUAF
1987Robert L. Rausch
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Alaskan scientist; ParasitologistD. ScienceUAF
1987Walter Daniel TeelandPioneer Alaskan businessman, Matanuska ValleyD. Public ServiceUAF
1987Florance Robinson WeberGeologist, explorer D. ScienceUAF
1987Dove Kull
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Social Worker; helped establish Older Alaskans Comm.D. HumanitiesUAS
1987Bob Armstrong
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Scientist and Ornithologist D. Science UAS
1987Alexander BrindleFisherman and Businessman, Wards Cove Packing Co.D. ScienceUAS
1988Hugh H. ConnellyAlaska District Court Judge 1959-87 D. LawsUAF
1988Hugh B. FateMember and President, BOR ; dentistD. Public ServiceUAF
1988Louis O. Quam
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Arctic scientist, teacherD. ScienceUAF
1988Ronald L. Graham
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Mathematician, alumnus of UAFD. ScienceUAF
1988Alfred A. BaumeisterDir., John Kennedy Center for Res. on Ed.; leader in the field of mental retardationD. Hum. LettersUAA
1988John M. HilpertUAF faculty member in engineering for 27 years D. ScienceUAA
1988Nathan Paul JacksonChilkoot-Tlingit WoodcarverD. HumanitiesUAS
1988Burke Riley
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Admin to Gov. Gruening; Delegate, Const. ConventionD. HumanitiesUAS
1989William Ransom WoodPres., UA 1960-73; Mayor, City of FairbanksD. LawsBOR
1989Dorothy Jane Wood
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Wife and Partner of William R. WoodD. LawsBOR
1989M. Walter JohnsonM.D. Rural Alaska health care provider; UA graduateD. Public ServiceUAA
1989Carolyn Floyd
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President, Kodiak Community College 1969-87D. EducationUAA
1989Alvin OkesonPresident, Mat-Su Community College 1961-87D. EducationUAA
1989Katherine (Kay) Fanning
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Alaska Newspaper PublisherD. Letters UAF
1989James W. Brooks
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Alaska Commissioner of Game; UA graduate D. ScienceUAF
1989Sidney Huntington
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Brd. of Fish and Game; Galena Sch. Brd. mem. 25 yrs D. Public ServiceUAF
1989Charlie Ott
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Biologist/conservationist/photographerD. LettersUAF
1989Austin Hammond Leader Chilkoot people of Haines; founder Cultural CampD. HumanitiesUAS
1989James J KingWaterfowl Propagation and Bird Reh. CenterD. ScienceUAS
1989Cliff Taro Businessman; promoted Pacific Rim tradeD. Public ServiceUAS
1989John MiddaughState of Alaska Epidemiologist; UA faculty memberD. ScienceUAA
1990Lawrence HeinerPresident, Nerco Inc.; UA Mining Engineering alumnusD. ScienceUAF
1990Eliza Jones
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Scholar of Athabaskan languagesD. LettersUAF
1990Josephine Ryman ScottFounder, Fairbanks Arts Festival; educatorD. Hum. LettersUAF
1990George N. Nelson
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President, BP ExplorationD. LawsUAF
1990Maynard MillerDir., Glaciological and Arctic Services Inst.D. ScienceUAS
1990Mikhail Gorbachev
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Pres., Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Nobel Peace Price Winner 1990D. HumanitiesUAS
1990Yuri Petrovich NikitinDistinguished medical scientist, U.S.S.R.D. ScienceUAA
1990Richard Borshay Lee
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Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Toronto ProfessorD. LettersUAF
1991Roy M. Huhndorf
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Exec., Cook Inlet Region, Inc.; BOR member and pres.D. LawsUAA
1991Jin-Ho KumStanding Advisor, Korean Foreign Trade AssociationD. LawsUAA
1991Troy PeweQuaternary GeologistD. Science UAF
1991Grace Berg SchaibleAK Attorney Gen.,1986-89; BOR member 1985-87D. LawsUAF
1991J. B. (Barney) GottsteinAnch. businessman; President, State Board of Ed.D. Laws UAF
1991Dale DeArmond
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Decline Award -Southeast Alaskan ArtistD. Hum. LettersUAS
1991Robert DeArmondDecline Award -Alaskan Journalist, HistorianD. LettersUAS
1991Delores Churchill
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Haida Basket and Blanket WeaverD. Hum. LettersUAS
1991Frank SeeHoonah BusinessmanD. LawsUAS
1992Lawrence CarrAnchorage businessmanD. LawsUAA
1992Kenneth T. RichardsonOpthalmic Surgeon; UAA instructorD. ScienceUAA
1992Gilbert TruittAlaska Native EducatorD. LawsUAA
1992Mary Jane FateAlaska Native activist; Member BORLawsUAF
1992James McCannAlaska State Trooper InvestigatorLaws UAF
1992Doris Southall
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Alaskan Nurse LawsUAF
1992Kay KennedyJournalist/Alaska PioneerHum. LettersUAF
1992George Schaller
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UAF alumni; internationally renowned zoologistScienceUAF
1992Thomas StewartAlaska Judge D. LawsUAS
1992Carl W. HeinmillerMagistrate, Alaska Native advocateLawsUAS
1993 Joe FlakneConservationist/Women’s Rights SupporterD. LawsUAF
1993Dorothy LoftusFounding member of the UA Alumni AssociationLaws UAF
1993Paul Rosenthal
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Renowned ViolinistD. Hum. LettersUAA
1993Arliss SturgelewskiAlaskan LegislatorD. LawsUAA
1993Leslie Viereck
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Scientist, Institute of Northern Forestry, forced from UA -refused to endorse Project ChariotScienceUAF
1993William Pruitt
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Zoology Professor, Univ. Manitoba, Canada,forced from UA -refused to endorse Project ChariotScienceUAF
1993Dorothy Jean RayAK Pioneer/studies in Eskimo history, art, ceremoniesHum. LettersUAF
1993Daniel Boorstin
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Librarian of Congress Emeritus/Pulitzer Prize HistorianD. Hum. LettersUAF
1994Maxwell E. Britton
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researcher; facilitated dev. of Nat. Arctic Res. Lab. in BarrowD. ScienceUAF
1994Peter John
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Athabaskan leader; Chief guest lecturerD. Hum. LettersUAF
1994Robert McMillen northernMOMENTUM ChairD. LawsUAF
1994Einar Sverre PedersenAviator D. ScienceUAF
1994Esther Shea
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Instructor; research on lifestyle of Tlingit peopleD. LawsUAS
1994Phil HoldsworthAK Commissioner of Mines and Nat. Res.D. LawsUAS
1994Mahala Ashley Dickerson1st State of Alaska female and black Attorney/Civil Rights AdvocateD. LawsUAA
1994 John W. KatzSpecial Counsel to Gov. of AK during ANILCA; dir. of State/Fed. Re. for four GovernorsD. LawsUAA
1994Dr. SubrotoOPEC Secretary GeneralD. LawsUAA
1995Jack TownsendChief of College ObservatoryD. ScienceUAF
1995Gerd HartmannProfessor of Zoology, U. of HamburgD. Science UAF
1995Barbara Washburn
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1st woman to climb Mt. McKinley, mapper and photographer D. ScienceUAF
1995Ned HermannExpert on study of the brain; Whole Brain ConceptD. ScienceUAF
1995Robert Fortuine
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Alaskan Physician; authorD. ScienceUAA
1995Katherine HurleyAsst.to Gov's Gruening and Egan; AK State Rep.; 1st woman in AK to be nominated for Lt. Gov. D. LawsUAS
1996 Jill Ker ConwayHistorian specializing in women in America; Smith College president; authorD. LettersUAF
1996Jalmar KerttulaState Leg. for 32 years; Commissioner of Agric.D. LawsUAF
1996Howard Luke
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Native Leader dedicated to educating youth in traditional skills.D. Hum. LettersUAF
1996Joseph E. Usibelli Sr.Chair of Usibelli Coal Mine; philanthropistD. LawsUAF
1996Ellen HayesHope Tlingit Historian; 1st woman member of AK Native BrotherhoodD. LawsUAS
1996Richard EngenDirector of Alaska State Library for 20 yearsD. Letters UAA
1997Allen H. NeuharthFounder of USA Today; journalistD. Hum. LettersUAF
1997Charles E. RobinsonAK businessman in the field of communicationsD. LawsUAF
1997Neal B. BrownPoker Flat Res. Range Dir. from 1971-89; leader in space science D. LawsUAF
1997Lidia Lippi Selkreggearthquakes Geologist ; Anch. Borough Assembly; res. economics prof.D. LawsUAA
1998Bruce R. Kennedy
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Former chair of AK Air Group; business leader air trans.; missionary D. Laws UAF
1998Robert W. StevensAlaskan Pilot; historian on Alaskan pilots.D. LawsUAF
1998Irving S. ReedProf. of Mathematics; son of Nome pioneer familyD. SciencesUAF
1998Evelyn NefWriter, psychotherapist and philanthropist, with emphasis on Arctic and Alaska.D. LawsUAF
1998Irene ReedScholar of Yup’ik and Cup’ig LanguagesD. LawsUAF
1998Walter B. ParkerExpert in the field of Alaska trans. and telecomm.D. ScienceUAA
1999Rie Munoz
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Alaskan artistD. ArtsUAS
1999Lois B. DeFleur
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President, Binghamton UniversityD. Laws UAF
1999Frank Chapados Elected to first AK State Leg.; trans. infrastructure of AK.D. LawsUAF
1999Keizo Obuchi
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Prime Minister of Japan D. Laws UAF
1999Katherine Peter
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Transcribed largest Gwich'in writing in this century. Central figure in Native Lang. Center. D. LawsUAF
1999David M. Hickok
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First director of Sea-Grant; founded AEIDCD. ScienceUAA
1999David Rose
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Director of AK Permanent FundD. LawsUAA
2000John Bockstoce
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Arctic historian; curator; Pres. of Thalassa Corp.D. ScienceUAF
2000David Hopkins
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Geol. Prof. - 30 years; founding dir. of AK Quaternary Ctr. D. ScienceUAF
2000Edward Rasmuson
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AK banker, former regent; philanthropist.D. LawsUAF
2000Clement V. TillionFisherman; AK Rep.1962-73; Sen. 1978-80.D. LawsUAF
2000James Banks
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Prof. of Ed. at U. Washington - multicultural ed. D. Letters UAF
2001Arthur Buswell
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Prof. and Administrator 1951-71D. LawsUAF
2001Poldine CarloAthabaskan elder; founding mem. of Fbks Native Assoc.D. LawsUAF
2001Richard Osbornescientist known for contributions to biological anthropology and medical genetics.D. ScienceUAF
2001Nathaniel Ruttergeologist; res changes in northern climates; former pres. of Int'l Union of Quaternary ResD. ScienceUAF
2001Nora Dauenhauer
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Author; former Commissioner of AK Hist. Soc.D. HumanitiesUAS
2001Norman D. Vaughan
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Member of Byrd Exploration of South Pole; dog musher; mountain climberD. LawsUAA
2001Ethel Lund
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Nurse; Pres of Southeast AK Reg. Hlth Consortium; appointed to represent AK Natives on the Pres's Commission on Mental Health.D. Laws UAA
2002John Burns Biologist; pres. of Living Marine Res.; studies walrus and seals in Bering and Chukchi Seas.D. ScienceUAF
2002Corey Flintoff
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Newscaster with NPR; exec prod. of APRND. Hum. LettersUAF
2002Jaroslav Nesetrillmathematician- mixes math with art. Pub. 4 books and over 250 papersD. Hum. LettersUAF
2002David Salmon
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Athabascan Elder; chief of Chalkyitsik and 2nd chief of Int. AK; Author - Athabascan tool making; Geist lecturer.D. LawsUAF
2002Jean Rogers
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Children's books author: King Island Christmas.D. Hum. Letters UAS
2002Diana Tillion
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Alaskan artist and teacher.D. Hum. LettersUAA
2003Ronald CosgraveFounder and Former CEO of AK Airlines; founder of College Utilities Corp;D. LawsUAF
2003Johannes Erritzoe
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Self-taught ornithologist; world authority on several tropical avian familiesD. ScienceUAF
2003Helen (Frank) AtkinsonBS in Civil Eng.- 1936; former regent and Foundation trustee;Outstanding Alumni awardee in 1987D. LawsUAF
2003 Kenneth ToovakInupiat Eskimo; cultural ambassador to researchers for 60 years.D. LawsUAF
2003H.A. "Red" Boucher
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Former mayor of Fbks. and Lt. Gov.; leader in telecommunications.D. Letters UAS
2004Julie Kitka
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Pres. of Alaska Federation of NativesD. Hum. LettersUAA
2004Jerry Harlan HarperArtistic Director of Eccentric Theatre CompanyD. Hum. LettersUAA
2004Edward Lee Gorsuch
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former Chancellor of UAA, Director of ISERD. LettersUAA
2004Richard Nelson
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Writer - human relationships in the natural world D. Hum. LettersUAS
2004Erma LawrenceAlaskan Haida Indian,.author of Haida DictionaryD. Hum. LettersUAS
2004Austin PostPreeminent, self-made scholar re Alaska glaciers.D. ScienceUAF
2004John B. (Jack) CoghillNenana mayor 22 years; territorial and state leg.; Lt. Gov. of AK. drafter of the AK constitution. founding member of UAF College of Fellows.D. Hum. LettersUAF
2004Alfred R. Ketzler
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Helped initiate AK Native Claims Settlement Act and organize TCC - first president; deputy dir. of AFND. Hum. LettersUAF
2005Jim Reardon
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Biologist; author; established UAF Wildlife department; mem. of the AK Fish and Game board and AK Game board.D. ScienceUAF
2005 Jake LestenkofDistinguished military career; Adj. Gen. of the AK Nat. Guard; Comm. of the AK Dept. of Mil. and Vet. Afrs; exec. VP of AFN.D. LawUAF
2005Stanton H. Patty
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Journalist and writer; son of UA Pres. Ernest PattyD. LawUAF
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