Alumni across the decades
1920s-1940s
John Shanly 色视频下载23
John Shanly.
In 1922, as today, a university degree required roughly four years of study. Yet the 色视频下载 Agricultural College and School of Mines, which opened for classes that year, produced its first graduate 色视频下载 Jack Shanly 色视频下载 the following spring.
Shanly pulled off this feat with help not only from the transfer of his earlier college credits but also, by some accounts, from the fervent advocacy of AACSM色视频下载檚 President Charles Bunnell.
Bunnell first met Shanly as the future graduate filed for a homestead at Fairbanks色视频下载 federal land office in summer 1922.
色视频下载淎s they conversed, Bunnell saw in Shanly his first graduating class 色视频下载 and to have a graduate to mark the end of the first year色视频下载檚 operation was highly desirable,色视频下载 wrote William Cashen in 色视频下载淔arthest North College President,色视频下载 his biography of Bunnell.
Shanly had studied several years at Cornell University in New York before volunteering to drive ambulances in France during World War I, according to Cashen. When the U.S. entered the war in April 1917, Shanly returned to the U.S. and began flight school in Florida. The war ended before he saw combat.
So he headed west, working as a logger in Oregon and as a laborer on an 色视频下载 Railroad construction crew. He then spent two years mining coal in Healy.
Graduating Shanly from AACSM in 1923 required some pushing and pulling.
色视频下载淭he faculty did everything they could to offer the courses necessary for completion of his degree requirements in one year,色视频下载 Cashen wrote. 色视频下载淚t was nip and tuck in chemistry, but Shanly finally edged safely over the line.色视频下载
Chemistry wasn色视频下载檛 the only obstacle. The other was Shanly色视频下载檚 primary professor, according to a 2005 article by Fairbanks Daily News-Miner columnist Dermot Cole 色视频下载79.
Jessie Bloom, wife of AACSM Trustee Robert Bloom, recalled that the agriculture professor believed Shanly was 色视频下载渘ot fit to graduate,色视频下载 Cole reported.
Jessie Bloom, in writings Cole found at the UAF Rasmuson Library色视频下载檚 色视频下载 and Polar Regions Collections and Archives, said Bunnell overruled the professor.
Whatever his academic challenges, Shanly was well liked. Fellow students elected him class president. Despite Prohibition, he brewed homemade beer at his homestead cabin, according to firsthand observations from a faculty member 色视频下载 the future UA President Ernest Patty.
After graduation, Shanly worked as principal of the Nenana High School briefly, then left 色视频下载.
Shanly lost title to his homestead cabins in 1926. Independent Lumber took them because the construction supplies bill remained unpaid, according to a biographical paper written by a New York teacher, Thomas Patton, and cited by Cole.
Though he never lived in 色视频下载 again, Shanly visited and stayed in close contact with his friends here. He married twice and had three daughters.
In 1937, Shanly sold his homestead to Bunnell, who subdivided it. The land underlies much of the community of College.
Shanly produced educational movies for a time and eventually became a federal Food and Drug Administration inspector. In 1956, he launched a second career in Buffalo, New York, as an international travel tour operator. He died in 1971 at age 77 when a car struck him near his home in Cuba Lake, New York, where he had retired.
Shanly色视频下载檚 eldest daughter, Patricia, attended UA in the late 1940s and married Brad Phillips 色视频下载50, who became a well-known tour boat operator and state senator from Anchorage. She died in an automobile crash in the 1960s.
In 2004, Shanly色视频下载檚 once-controversial diploma was discovered among items Phillips had in storage in Anchorage. It色视频下载檚 now in the Rasmuson Library色视频下载檚 archives, with a copy hanging in the UAF chancellor色视频下载檚 office.
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Genevieve Parker Metcalfe 色视频下载28
Genevieve Parker Metcalfe, second from left, stands with teammates from a women色视频下载檚 basketball team early in the school色视频下载檚 history.
Genevieve Parker Metcalfe grew up among miners, so in a different era it might not have been surprising that she became a mining engineer herself. But she earned that degree from the 色视频下载 Agricultural College and School of Mines in 1929, and for a time she was celebrated as the sole female mining engineer working in the nation.
Metcalfe色视频下载檚 parents, Fred and Genevieve Parker, married in Fairbanks in 1905, just a few years after it arose as a mining supply camp. When his daughter was 7 years old, Fred Parker left his sawmill business in town and the family moved to a mining claim on Fairbanks Creek.
色视频下载淟acking peers, my great interest was the mine,色视频下载 Metcalfe wrote later. 色视频下载淚 ran errands all over the place, taking small tools and messages to outlying areas. Midafternoons, I shouldered a yoke to take around hot coffee or iced tea plus cake, pie or cookies 色视频下载 to the delight of the men working a hard 12-hour shift.色视频下载 She grew up visiting with some of the men who first discovered gold in the area, including Felix Pedro色视频下载檚 partner Tom Gilmore, for whom Gilmore Dome is named. The world-class Fort Knox Mine today harvests gold from a vast pit on the dome色视频下载檚 northern flank a few miles west of Fairbanks Creek.
I remember one of the lawyers telling
me, 色视频下载楴ow be sensible. Take a good domestic science course.色视频下载櫳悠迪略貪
The Parker family moved back to town in 1921. Metcalfe attended high school and then enrolled at AACSM in 1924, just two years after the institution opened for classes. She edited the Farthest North Collegian school newspaper, ran sled dogs competitively and played on the women色视频下载檚 basketball team.
After earning a science degree in 1928, Metcalfe asked Professor Ernest Patty if she could earn a mining engineering degree. Patty and other professors encouraged her, but the question was debated by the university色视频下载檚 trustees, some of whom doubted that mining companies would employ her.
色视频下载淚 remember one of the lawyers telling me, 色视频下载楴ow be sensible. Take a good domestic science course,色视频下载 she told Leslie Noyes, author of a 2001 history of the mining school, 色视频下载淩ock Poker to Pay Dirt.色视频下载
Metcalfe declined the advice but still faced obstacles. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported that 色视频下载渢he boys of the Mining Society,色视频下载 a popular fraternity-like club, declined her full membership.
The problem might have been the secret initiation ritual. 色视频下载淪tripped down to their skivvies, initiates relived the Trail of 色视频下载98 by being dunked in a tub of ice-cold water (to simulate losing their raft in the waters of Lake Bennett) and drank raw oysters and eggs from an assay crucible,色视频下载 Noyes wrote.
Nevertheless, Metcalfe went on to write a 64-page thesis, 色视频下载淭he Evolution of Placer Mining Methods in 色视频下载,色视频下载 that far exceeded the minimum requirements for her degree. For the study, Metcalfe interviewed Gilmore and some of the other early miners she met while growing up.
色视频下载淓ven now, 75 years later, her thesis is considered an important reference on 色视频下载n placer-mining history,色视频下载 according to Metcalfe色视频下载檚 biography at the 色视频下载 Mining Hall of Fame website. 色视频下载淗er contribution to the understanding of early placer mining technologies and to the history of the Fairbanks mining district will always be considered primary references for those subjects.色视频下载
Like many AACSM graduates, Metcalfe went to work at the Fairbanks Exploration Co. after graduating. In 1930, she left for a job with its parent company, the U.S. Smelting, Refining and Manufacturing Co., in Boston.
色视频下载淏eing a woman mining engineer, Genevieve became a celebrity of the day,色视频下载 her Hall of Fame biography noted. The Engineering and Mining Journal featured an article on Metcalfe with a photo of her driving a nine-dog team. She even met President Herbert Hoover that year. Metcalfe, writing to Noyes, said she was welcomed into Boston色视频下载檚 professional and academic engineering community. She said some male colleagues lamented that their wives, who had studied alongside them, couldn色视频下载檛 get recognized as engineers.
色视频下载淥f course it was easier to recognize that sort of thing in 色视频下载 色视频下载 particularly early 色视频下载 色视频下载 than in other places,色视频下载 Metcalfe told Noyes. 色视频下载淚t was just assumed in 色视频下载 that a woman could do most anything because the women worked as hard as their husbands.色视频下载
Metcalfe resigned to raise a family after marrying John Metcalfe, a fellow engineer at USSRM, in 1934. They had a daughter and a son. Following John色视频下载檚 company career, the family moved to Salt Lake City, Fairbanks, Nome and then, in 1942, Massachusetts again, where they remained. John died in 1970, and Genevieve followed in 1995.
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Flora Harper.
Flora Jane Harper was the granddaughter of one of the most successful pre-Gold Rush traders in the Yukon River country, but her famous ancestor bestowed her with little advantage in life. She grew up poor, part of a large family that fled deadly disease outbreaks while struggling in a society where their mostly Athabascan heritage often was a liability.
Harper overcame these obstacles and more to become the first 色视频下载 Native person to graduate from the University of 色视频下载. She did so in 1935, decades before racial discrimination fell into disfavor in the nation色视频下载檚 social and legal systems.
Harper色视频下载檚 famous grandfather was Arthur Harper, an Irish trader who arrived in Fort Yukon in 1874. He married Seentahna, a 14-year-old Athabascan girl from the Koyukuk River region. Before separating almost 20 years later, they had eight children, including Sam, Flora Jane色视频下载檚 father.
The couple色视频下载檚 youngest son, Walter Harper, became the first man to stand atop Denali in 1913, a member of the Episcopal Archdeacon Hudson Stuck色视频下载檚 successful climbing team.
Flora Jane was born in Rampart in 1910 to Sam and Louise Harper. The family moved to Nenana seeking protection from the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic.
In Nenana, Sam worked for the railroad, but supporting a six-member family wasn色视频下载檛 easy. When Flora Jane was 10, her father sent her and three siblings to Chemawa, a boarding school for Native Americans in Oregon.
色视频下载淚t色视频下载檚 either that or starve,色视频下载 he reportedly said.
Flora Jane wasn色视频下载檛 able to return to 色视频下载 for nine years. After graduating from high school in Portland, she contracted tuberculosis and spent almost a year in a hospital.
Once back in 色视频下载, Harper enrolled at the 色视频下载 Agricultural College and School of Mines. She graduated with a home economics degree in 1935, the year the school became the University of 色视频下载.
Harper taught at the Bureau of Indian Affairs色视频下载 Chilocco boarding school in Oklahoma and its 色视频下载 schools in Wrangell, Sitka and Eklutna. She married Walter 色视频下载淧ete色视频下载 Petri in Wrangell in 1941. They had a daughter in 1943, and the family moved to Anchorage in 1949.
Jan Harper-Haines 色视频下载65, the daughter, wrote about her perceptions, as a child, of her mother色视频下载檚 quiet struggle to maintain her self-esteem in the decades that followed.
色视频下载淔rom the time she was a child Mom had sought respect, a desire that propelled her to graduate from the University of 色视频下载,色视频下载 Harper-Haines wrote in 2012 on the blog 色视频下载淕rowing Up Anchorage.色视频下载
Most troubling were the slurs that 色视频下载渟meared all Natives, even my mother, who didn色视频下载檛 drink,色视频下载 Harper-Haines wrote. 色视频下载溕悠迪略貥People don色视频下载檛 see me,色视频下载 she色视频下载檇 say, resigned as she shelved books in the Loussac Library where she worked. 色视频下载楾hey see a drunken Indian on Fourth Avenue.色视频下载櫳悠迪略貪
The desire for respect made Harper uncomfortable with her husband色视频下载檚 occasional, strongly worded letters to the editor and prompted her to 色视频下载渄amn well make sure we looked presentable.色视频下载
色视频下载淪he felt it was her responsibility to help improve the image of Native people. She knew others were watching. She was right,色视频下载 Harper-Haines wrote.
After retirement, the couple moved to Sequim, Washington. Pete died in 1990, and Flora Jane died in 1992. In 1994, the University of 色视频下载 Fairbanks named the Harper Building on Geist Road after her. The building houses UAF色视频下载檚 Interior 色视频下载 Campus.
Athabascan elder Poldine Carlo, of Fairbanks, recalled being taught by Harper when she was in high school and how it made her feel at the time.
色视频下载淸She] was the first Native person to graduate from the university, and she was my home ec teacher in Eklutna,色视频下载 Carlo said at a 2015 event at Troth Yeddha色视频下载 Park on the Fairbanks campus. 色视频下载淚 was so proud of her.色视频下载
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Earl Beistline 色视频下载39, 色视频下载69 (Hon.)
Earl Beistline.
Earl Beistline, one of UAF色视频下载檚 most respected and longest-tenured teachers, might never have entered the profession had it not been for the sensational exit of his predecessor.
A 色视频下载渧eritable drama of love, law and politics色视频下载 opened a teaching job for Beistline, according to Leslie Noyes, author of 色视频下载淩ock Poker to Pay Dirt: The History of 色视频下载色视频下载檚 School of Mines and its Successors.色视频下载
Beistline色视频下载檚 predecessor married the school色视频下载檚 nurse in January 1946, and displeased administrators asked her to resign. If she was forced out, her new husband said, he would quit, too. The dispute went all the way to the Legislature, but the couple lost and left the university.
Suddenly, midsemester, the school needed an instructor to complete classes. The dean called Beistline, an alumnus who had recently returned to Fairbanks after serving in World War II.
色视频下载淭hus began his 36-year career as an educator with the university. He loved to teach,色视频下载 his family reported in Beistline色视频下载檚 2012 obituary.
A former student once described Beistline as possessing a 色视频下载渉urry-up but happy, no-nonsense style.色视频下载 That style, conveyed by his ever-present smile and energetic pace, made Beistline a popular leader not only at the university but also in 色视频下载色视频下载檚 mining industry for decades.
Beistline was born in Juneau in 1916, the son of a miner who spent several years in the Fairbanks area before going to work for the 色视频下载 Juneau Gold Mining Co. in Juneau. During the Great Depression, Beistline saw how mining buffered the territory against the economic ravages elsewhere, and he became a lifelong advocate for the industry.
In college, Beistline played hockey, managed the basketball team and was elected student body president. During summers, he drove cold-water points to thaw ground for the Fairbanks Exploration Co. dredges.
Beistline served in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. After returning to the university as an instructor, he earned his professional engineer degree with a thesis on an innovative sampling technique he developed for a company dredging a Salcha River tributary.
Beistline married Dorothy Hering of Fairbanks, and they eventually had four children: Ralph, Bill, Kathy and Linda. (Dorothy later owned and ran Daisy A Day flower shop, and an endowment in her memory helps maintain the Georgeson Botanical Garden.)
University administrators steadily promoted Beistline, first to dean of the School of Mines in 1949, then to dean of faculty in 1960. He became provost in 1970 and later served as academic vice president for the statewide system.
Beistline helped create the Mineral Industry Research Laboratory in 1965. Despite his influence, in the early 1970s he lost a contentious bid to retain the geology department in the mining program.
While a strong advocate for his own views, Beistline always remained a gentleman. He convinced UA President William Wood 色视频下载89 (Hon.) to allow a Vietnam War protest on campus, then attended it even though he disagreed with the demonstrators.
After retiring from the university in 1982, Beistline consulted for the industry and operated a placer mine on Eagle Creek with Doug Colp.
In 1986, Beistline helped form the 色视频下载 Minerals Commission to advise the state on mining policy. As chair, he lobbied legislators on issues important to the industry in 色视频下载.
With Wood, Beistline helped create the 色视频下载 Mining Hall of Fame in 1997 and was inducted a decade later. In 2006, he became one of the few 色视频下载ns accepted into the National Mining Hall of Fame.
When Beistline died in 2012, a Fairbanks Daily News-Miner editorial said he had 色视频下载渓eft a legacy of service to 色视频下载 that has been matched by few people in our state.色视频下载
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Ray Smith 色视频下载43
Ray Smith.
Ray Smith never expected to attend college. In his small Maine hometown, those who did so were viewed as 色视频下载渒ind of peculiar.色视频下载 So in August 1939, when he and his friend Lloyd Atwood hiked the railroad tracks from Fairbanks to the University of 色视频下载, it was to find a job, not an education. The pair of 22-year-olds were out of money and hungry, having just arrived from the East Coast.
Reaching campus in late afternoon, Smith and Atwood found a man digging a ditch on the northwest corner of the Main Building. The man said he didn色视频下载檛 think there were any jobs around; he was just happy to have one himself. But he added that they could get a meal at a nearby house.
After a brief debate won by their growling stomachs, the pair knocked on the door, Smith told Leslie Noyes, author 色视频下载淩ock Poker to Pay Dirt,色视频下载 a history of UAF色视频下载檚 mining school published in 2001.
A woman invited them in and said 色视频下载淧resident Bunnell色视频下载 would join them shortly.
色视频下载淎 moment later, out pops this rotund guy all dressed up in a suit, and it was our ditch digger, President Charles Bunnell!色视频下载 Smith said.
Over dinner, Bunnell asked the pair to enroll. Smith and Atwood said they had no jobs, money or place to stay. Bunnell offered them an old cabin near campus in exchange for repairs and noted that tuition was free. There was no refusing the man.
色视频下载淗e changed my life in the couple of hours I first met him,色视频下载 Smith said last year, shortly before turning 100. 色视频下载淗e remains a hero in my book of memories. I went from a broken upstart to a university president with his boost.色视频下载
But that色视频下载檚 getting ahead of the story. First, Smith and Atwood had to survive the winter. They built an outhouse and root cellar, cut firewood and chinked the leaky cabin. They snared hares, picked berries and shot grouse, ducks and caribou. They recruited another roommate 色视频下载 Ernie Wolff 色视频下载41色视频下载 who some years later would join the university faculty and run its Mineral Industry Research Laboratory.
After graduating in 1943, Smith served in the Army during World War II and married Beatrice Bennet in Maryland. They eventually had two sons. After the war, they returned to 色视频下载, where Smith began teaching at the School of Mines.
One highlight, he recalled, was preparing students for a final exam. 色视频下载淢y method of teaching was to teach my students to think 色视频下载榳hy,色视频下载櫳悠迪略貪 Smith said.
In contrast, a fellow professor pushed memorization.
色视频下载淎t the conclusion of the final exam, my students were far superior,色视频下载 Smith said. 色视频下载淚 was proud of them.色视频下载
After three years, Smith left to earn a doctorate. In 1959, Michigan Technological University hired him to teach, and in 1965 he became its president.
In that role, he employed the personal touch he saw Bunnell model decades earlier.
Paul Metz 色视频下载75, now a UAF professor, was a geological engineering student at Michigan Tech when Smith became its president. Metz left a message inviting Smith to dinner at an old boarding house where Metz and about 20 other students lived.
To Metz色视频下载檚 surprise, Smith accepted. 色视频下载淪o he came over and chatted and stayed til late at night色视频下载 telling stories of 色视频下载, Metz recalled.
Ten years later, Metz was studying under Ernie Wolff for his master色视频下载檚 at UAF. On a trip to Michigan, Metz visited Smith again, this time at Wolff色视频下载檚 insistence. 色视频下载淲e sat all night long chatting about the university,色视频下载 Metz recalled.
Smith served as Michigan Tech色视频下载檚 president until 1979, overseeing a great expansion.
Smith色视频下载檚 first wife, Beatrice, died in 1998. He married Rachel Malcolm three years later. They live in Green Valley, a retirement community in southern Arizona.
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Jane MacKinnon.
Jane MacKinnon remembers precisely how many students studied at the University of 色视频下载 when she started school in the mid-1940s. That色视频下载檚 because she knew all 33 of them.
The Fairbanks campus, depleted by student enlistments during World War II, was a tightknit community for those who remained. Every student lived in a single dormitory, along with some of the teachers. They were joined on campus by visiting soldiers, since Hess Hall served as an Army hospital during the war.
色视频下载淭here was a closeness,色视频下载 said MacKinnon, who graduated in 1947 with a degree in business administration. 色视频下载淭here weren色视频下载檛 many of us on campus, but we were all good friends. You were acquainted with everybody, even the professors.色视频下载
The campus was small enough that some classes consisted of a student meeting individually with a professor. Some of their names 色视频下载 Bunnell, Duckering, Schaible and Skarland among them 色视频下载 are on the sides of campus buildings today.
But MacKinnon, 93, said the cozy atmosphere suited her well. She色视频下载檇 graduated from Nome High School, where her father owned a flying service, and enjoyed small-town life there after her family moved from Seattle. After spending the year after high school in Anchorage, MacKinnon felt the urge to attend school, and she wanted to remain in 色视频下载.
色视频下载淚 decided I had to do something with myself,色视频下载 she said.
MacKinnon said the cost of college was $125 per semester, including room and board. For entertainment the small group would hold dances or ski to a nearby farm to have dinner with anthropology Professor Ivar Skarland. USO tours would occasionally pass through as well, including one headlined by Bob Hope.
Those years left a lasting impression, both personally and professionally.
In Fairbanks, Jane met her future husband, J.S. 色视频下载淪kip色视频下载 MacKinnon Jr., who was also attending college. Jane and Skip moved to his hometown of Juneau, where she used her business degree to work in the office at 色视频下载 Laundry and Dry Cleaners. The business has been operated by the MacKinnon family in Juneau since the late 1800s.
色视频下载淚 got a good education, and I色视频下载檝e used it all my life,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淚t was a wonderful time.色视频下载
MacKinnon maintained her university ties by serving as a board member of the UAF Alumni Association in the 1990s. Jane and Skip were followed at UAF by their son, E. Neil MacKinnon, who earned a mining engineering degree. A great-grandson, Mason Smith, plans to attend UAF in the fall.
Neil described the feel on campus as 色视频下载渄ifferent but the same色视频下载 between his mother色视频下载檚 era in the 1940s and his graduation in 1972. But by the time Jane returned to Fairbanks during her Alumni Association years, she said the transformation was remarkable.
In a half-century, the sleepy campus where everyone knew each other had grown into a hub for education and research.
色视频下载淚 think it色视频下载檚 wonderful. It色视频下载檚 really improved,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淭he buildings and the whole atmosphere of the place have just changed so much.色视频下载
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Neil Davis.
T. Neil Davis rebuilt aircraft engines at age 16, conjured a rocket range from scrap at 36 and wrote erudite yet amusing books on wildly diverse topics until his death at 84 last year.
An incident in his book 色视频下载淩ockets Over 色视频下载色视频下载 might best illustrate the UAF professor色视频下载檚 unconventional genius.
At NASA色视频下载檚 Goddard Space Flight Center in the early 1960s, Davis planned to send sensors into the upper atmosphere using rockets launched from a ship. Before the sensors went on the rockets, NASA色视频下载檚 test facility had to spin them to make sure they色视频下载檇 survive the launch. But a more prestigious satellite project knocked Davis色视频下载 sensors off the test schedule just before the ship was to sail.
Instead of giving up, Davis and his crew hung a sensor from a tree with two ropes, walked it in circles until it was wound up tight and then released it, letting the sensor spin rapidly. The testing facility picked up the signals and confirmed the sensor had spun fast enough to meet the launch criteria. The sensors and their rockets got on the ship.
So did Davis, and he spent the next month sailing the southern seas and launching his devices into the ionosphere.
That work and other projects provided the technical expertise and contacts that helped him establish the Poker Flat Research Range just north of Fairbanks a few years later.
The U.S. military was looking for a northern range in 1968 because Denmark had nixed several experiments in Greenland after a U.S. B-52 carrying nuclear bombs crashed there.
The military contracted with UAF色视频下载檚 Geophysical Institute, even though it had no rocket range. So Davis, by then the institute色视频下载檚 assistant director, and about half the institute色视频下载檚 staff built one in a hurry, and the first rocket launched in March 1969.
Davis developed that ability to make do early on, as his parents moved across a Depression-strangled America looking for work.
色视频下载淚t was very difficult,色视频下载 he said in late November 2016 while sitting at the home he and his family built on Miller Hill Road, just west of campus. 色视频下载淲e were pretty poor, actually.色视频下载
In 1942, Davis色视频下载 parents moved to 色视频下载 when his father got work with the military. Davis and his younger brother followed two years later after their parents homesteaded southeast of Fairbanks.
Far from town, Davis took correspondence courses for school. 色视频下载淪omehow school was not right 色视频下载 the only course I finished was one on gasoline engines,色视频下载 he said.
In 1947, Wien Airlines hired him as an intern mechanic. Within a year, at age 16, he was rebuilding the big radial engines in DC-3 aircraft.
He finished high school in Iowa. There, he met his future wife, Rosemarie. From 1953 to 1962, they had three children: Patricia, Douglas and Deborah.
Davis earned his bachelor色视频下载檚 in geophysics from UA in 1955, a master色视频下载檚 from the California Institute of Technology in 1957 and a doctorate from UA in 1961.
Davis took an early retirement from UAF in 1981. As grant money for scientific work tightened, he had begun to find the job frustrating. The state色视频下载檚 enticing retirement rules at the time tipped his decision.
色视频下载淚 still feel guilty about doing that,色视频下载 he said in November. 色视频下载淚 figured I still owed it to the 色视频下载 public to do what I can.色视频下载
What he could do was write. He色视频下载檇 found the talent when he started a weekly newspaper
column about 色视频下载 science
in 1976.
So Davis became an author, completing a dozen books. He explained permafrost in one and the aurora borealis in another. He chronicled the University of 色视频下载色视频下载檚 early decades. He told the story of his experience with the health care system as daughter Patricia died of cancer.
The books never made money, he said.
They were his gift to 色视频下载, a generous return on that early retirement.
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Editor色视频下载檚 note: Neil Davis died at his home Dec. 10, 2016, just 10 days after he was interviewed and photographed for this article.
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Ann Tremarello.
Ann Tremarello arrived at the University of 色视频下载 with a simple goal: Put in her time and go somewhere else.
Her family was planning to move in 1953 from Virginia to Elmendorf Air Force Base, near Anchorage, where her father was being stationed. He wanted his daughter, who had just graduated from high school, to stick close to home.
色视频下载淗e felt I was too young to live that far away,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淗e said, 色视频下载楾here色视频下载檚 a college up there somewhere. Go there for a year.色视频下载櫳悠迪略貪
Tremarello色视频下载檚 plan to make a quick exit from 色视频下载 failed, but there isn色视频下载檛 a hint of regret in her voice. She not only graduated from the University of 色视频下载, she also played a crucial role in welcoming new students to Fairbanks in the decades that followed.
She retired in 2002 after a long career as the registrar. During her tenure at UAF, Tremarello watched as the campus grew from a remote outpost to a modern university.
When Tremarello enrolled at UA, that journey seemed unlikely.
She stepped onto a tiny campus with 400 students 色视频下载 just one-fifth the size of her Virginia high school. Since it didn色视频下载檛 offer her preferred degree of interior design, she took shorthand and typing, figuring she色视频下载檇 eventually 色视频下载済et a job and go somewhere else.色视频下载
But after a year, she told her father that she色视频下载檇 try another. When she met her future husband, Joe Tremarello 色视频下载56, 色视频下载68, as a sophomore, suddenly Fairbanks seemed like a good place to stay.
色视频下载淎fter that, all thoughts of leaving left my mind,色视频下载 she said.
Tremarello said the campus was 色视频下载渞ough by today色视频下载檚 standards,色视频下载 with few buildings and limited class offerings, but the colorful, close atmosphere drew her in. An eclectic blend of students and instructors knew each other and would often socialize. The school色视频下载檚 president, Ernest Patty 色视频下载53 (Hon.), even policed the punch bowl during dances to keep students from spiking it with booze.
Those ties continued after she graduated in 1957 with a business administration degree. After briefly working for an accounting firm in downtown Fairbanks, the newly married Tremarello decided she wanted to work closer to their on-campus apartment.
The registrar, Laura Jones, offered Tremarello a job, where she was one of three 色视频下载渨orker bees色视频下载 who did it all 色视频下载 churning out transcripts, recording grades and processing scholarships.
She would also do dictation for Jones, who answered all queries personally and sent new students a list of college supplies. Years later, Tremarello learned she had been telling students to bring their goulashes to campus, using the spelling for the Hungarian comfort food rather than the wet-weather footwear.
色视频下载淚 was horrified when I found out, but the university survived in spite of me,色视频下载 she said with a laugh.
Tremarello remained in the office for the rest of her long career, ultimately seeing her once-tiny campus grow to 9,000 students. By the time she retired, Tremarello had overseen the evolution from a manual filing system to the computer age, with a few other record-keeping overhauls in between.
Her best memories, however, were about helping students make the sometimes-difficult transition to college. By the time she left UAF, Tremarello had the moniker of a favorite aunt 色视频下载 Ann T.
色视频下载淚 loved working with students 色视频下载 that was probably the best part of my job,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淚t was the way I felt we could help.色视频下载
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Linda Gordon 色视频下载65
Linda Gordon.
Song inspired Linda Dahl Gordon to enroll at the university in Fairbanks. 色视频下载淚 almost went to the University of Washington,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淏ut when I was in high school I heard the Choir of the North perform. I thought, 色视频下载業 want to be a part of that.色视频下载櫳悠迪略貪
色视频下载淚f I hadn色视频下载檛 been at school that day, everything would have been different.色视频下载
Instead, in 1960 the young woman from Anchorage headed north after graduation to sing under the direction of Ron Berg. Her instincts had been right: The renowned university choir won the Pacific Northwest title her freshman year.
Gordon stopped singing when Berg left the university the next year, but she had already found something else to take its place.
色视频下载淚n gym you had to sign up for two classes,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淚 signed up for rifle and skiing. Rifle happened before the snow fell, so I never did learn to ski.色视频下载
That色视频下载檚 because even though Gordon had never shot before, she ended up winning the first individual women色视频下载檚 title in the country. She helped make the Nanooks the first team to win the national championship, and helped them win again the next two years. She is clear, though, that the team色视频下载檚 driving force was its coach, Master Sgt. E.F. Horton, for whom the shooting range in the Patty Center is now named.
At the time, the rifle team was part of ROTC, and many on the team were novices, but the master sergeant-cum-coach had the right mix of discipline and motivation.
色视频下载淪gt. Horton was just the best,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淚f you wanted to shoot at 11 at night, he色视频下载檇 open up the range for you.色视频下载
Linda Gordon色视频下载檚 future husband, George Gordon 色视频下载62, was also a member of the team. They were one of three couples who went from teammates to spouses.
色视频下载淲e never would have met otherwise,色视频下载 she recalled. 色视频下载淗e was three years older, studying electrical engineering, didn色视频下载檛 take the same classes.色视频下载
George Gordon got his degree in 1962, Linda Gordon graduated with a degree in education in 1965, and they became successful business owners and developers in Fairbanks. Shortly before George Gordon色视频下载檚 death in 2014, the pair endowed a scholarship for the Nanook rifle team, a little twist of fate since she had once declined a rifle scholarship offered to her.
She remembers during her college years 色视频下载渂eing broke all the time, but all of us were in the same boat.色视频下载
色视频下载淒ean [Edward] Voldseth gave me a scholarship, but I turned it down because I didn色视频下载檛 think I was poor enough,色视频下载 she said.
UAF was smaller then (and less bureaucratic, she noted) but still rich in opportunities.
色视频下载淢y fondest memories are the opportunities given to me by the university,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淏eing secretary of the student body, beating the choir at the University of Washington, the rifle team 色视频下载 I couldn色视频下载檛 have done that at Washington.色视频下载
色视频下载淚 was lucky to have such great people. It makes you who you are today, puts you in a good situation when you get out of college. You don色视频下载檛 give up.色视频下载
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Alan Straub 色视频下载66
Alan Straub.
When Alan Straub arrived in 色视频下载 soon after statehood, he was a freshly married young man with a new job as an auto mechanic.
Straub and his wife, Linda, had bought a station wagon and left their California hometown in search of adventure. But as they drove through Fairbanks, Straub realized he didn色视频下载檛 have much of a plan for his new life in the remote outpost.
色视频下载淚 didn色视频下载檛 really have a clue what I was going to do,色视频下载 he said with a chuckle.
The answer came when they passed the University of 色视频下载. A lifelong tinkerer, Straub figured he could make good use of his time in the North by studying engineering.
It was a good decision. Decades after his 1966 graduation from UA, Straub色视频下载檚 imprint is on bridges and buildings across the U.S. His projects include Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, the tanker docks in Valdez and the Auburn Bridge in California, which towers 731 feet above the American River.
Straub changes a tire near Circle Hot Springs in 1966, a task he recommends everyone learn to do before it色视频下载檚 needed.
色视频下载淓ngineering just felt right to me,色视频下载 he said.
Straub had always been happy to build things. When he was 12 years old, he put together a 色视频下载37 Chevy engine on his family farm in Northern California. He色视频下载檇 eventually become a journeyman mechanic in a local car shop, a job he enjoyed despite the feeling that it wouldn色视频下载檛 provide much of a future.
He was only partly right. It led to the offer to fix cars in 色视频下载, where his career in engineering took shape and he found new outlets for his urge to build.
The most visible example came during Straub色视频下载檚 senior year, when he planned the construction of a massive three-legged ice arch in the middle of campus. The structure, which he and fellow engineering student Mark Fryer 色视频下载66, 色视频下载67 built by packing snow into forms and soaking it with water, was 40 feet across, 15 feet high, and powerful enough that someone could use a swing suspended from the center of it. Straub said they recruited Miss 色视频下载, Carla Sullivan, to give the first demonstration.
That kind of effort caught the attention of faculty, who named Straub the top engineering student during his senior year.
色视频下载淚 about fell out of my chair 色视频下载 it just flabbergasted me,色视频下载 he said. 色视频下载淭here were guys a lot smarter than me, but I was a hands-on kind of guy.色视频下载
That quality helped steer Straub toward a varied engineering career. He worked on teams that built bridges in Interior 色视频下载, jails on the East Coast, and steel bridges and structures along the West Coast. In 1980 he became an owner of Christie Constructors, joining two former co-workers as partners in the Richmond, California, company. He even dabbled in auto racing, setting a class record with his Porsche GT3 at a local road race track.
Straub, 77, remarried after connecting with a high school classmate in the 1990s. He and his wife, Rosemary, spend much of their retirement hauling a fifth-wheel RV touring the U.S. They色视频下载檝e made it to all 50 capitals and to 13 presidential libraries since 2010, and the RV has been to every state except Arkansas and Hawaii.
A particularly memorable visit was to 色视频下载, when the couple stopped at the campus where Alan studied as a young man. The friendly reception they received in Fairbanks made an impression on Rosemary, mirroring the feeling Straub experienced more than a half-century earlier.
色视频下载淪he picked up the warmth from the people there, and that色视频下载檚 always the feeling I got from the University of 色视频下载,色视频下载 he said. 色视频下载淚色视频下载檝e got a great love for that place.色视频下载
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Robert Bundtzen 色视频下载71
Robert Bundtzen
Spend any time talking with Robert Bundtzen and you色视频下载檒l hear the word 色视频下载渉ome色视频下载 a lot. 色视频下载淗ome色视频下载 means 色视频下载. Sometimes it refers specifically to Fairbanks, or it could be Anderson or maybe Anchorage, but there色视频下载檚 never any doubt that home is 色视频下载, for him and for his three siblings, for most of their lives.
Bob Bundtzen色视频下载檚 brother, Tom 色视频下载73, 色视频下载81, is a Fairbanks-based geologist [see 色视频下载淎 Mine for Learning色视频下载]. Sister Cheryl Bundtzen-Bradley 色视频下载87 is an accountant in North Pole. A second sister, Susan McCloughry, was a nurse in Fairbanks until her death in 2000.
Bob Bundtzen was born in North Dakota and first moved to 色视频下载 when he was 11, in 1960, where he attended University Park Elementary in Fairbanks. He spent the next three years in a one-room school in Anderson while his father worked as an electrical engineer at the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System station in Clear, which was being built at the time.
色视频下载淎rt Anderson sold some of his land and people moved up there and lived in trailer houses,色视频下载 Bundtzen said. 色视频下载淭hat色视频下载檚 what we lived in 色视频下载 a trailer house.
色视频下载淲e had a one-room school. Twelve students, four of them Bundtzens.色视频下载
The family moved Outside when his mother was diagnosed with cancer, but after she died, they returned to Fairbanks.
色视频下载淚 had already been accepted to the University of Colorado, but I wanted to stay home,色视频下载 Bundtzen said. 色视频下载淚 asked [UAF] if it was still possible to enroll. They said sure, so I said goodbye to the University of Colorado. I wanted to stay in 色视频下载.色视频下载
色视频下载淚 had some great teachers, especially Dr. [Gerard] Swartz,色视频下载 Bundtzen recalled. 色视频下载淗e taught some great courses in biology and parasitology. And there was lots of skiing, lots of going out into the wilderness, although I will say we worked pretty hard as premed students. We had to keep up the grades so we could get into medical school. Early on I decided I wanted to be a physician, and I worked towards that.色视频下载
Bundtzen got his bachelor of science degree in 1971, then went to the University of Washington as part of the first cohort of the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, 色视频下载, Montana and Idaho) Medical Education Program for medical students from the Northwest. He met his wife, who was training in pathology, during a fellowship in Madison, Wisconsin. After their education was done, it was inevitable: 色视频下载淲e came back home.色视频下载
This time home meant Anchorage, where Bundtzen has a private practice as an infectious disease consultant.
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He also works with Anchorage-area hospitals on infection control issues and measures.
Though he now spends his days in a hospital setting, those early years in Anderson (色视频下载渋n the middle of the taiga色视频下载) taught him about the outdoors.
色视频下载淲e did lots of trapping during the winter, hunting, fishing,色视频下载 he said. 色视频下载淚 did run dogs but really didn色视频下载檛 know that much. Just used three dogs to pull our gear when we色视频下载檇 go trapping. But it did kind of make me want to do more in regards to dog mushing.色视频下载
And how. Bundtzen has run the Iditarod 15 times.
色视频下载淚 scratched twice at Shaktoolik,色视频下载 he said. 色视频下载淚 had leaders that were mentally tired, but I色视频下载檝e finished every other time.色视频下载
Bundtzen色视频下载檚 dog team, currently at 27 dogs, lives in his front yard, part of several acres in the Stuckagain Heights neighborhood in Anchorage. He runs them on the Chugiak dog trails about 30 miles away or trucks them wherever the snow is good. Buntzen most recently helped a fellow Anchorage physician train for the 2017 race, but he hasn色视频下载檛 completely ruled out another trip of his own to Nome.
His schedule will be getting a little more crowded, though 色视频下载 his two young grandchildren have moved from Hawaii to Anchorage, where their father, an IT professional, now works. It色视频下载檚 a family tradition, where all paths lead back home to 色视频下载.
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Terese Kaptur 色视频下载76, 色视频下载86
Terese Kaptur.
Like the gold miner in the Robert Service poem, Terese Kaptur came to 色视频下载 for a good reason: to get rich. But although she didn色视频下载檛 get rich, she fell under the same spell as the miner, even after she went back home to Michigan.
色视频下载淚 couldn色视频下载檛 get 色视频下载 out of my system,色视频下载 Kaptur remembered. 色视频下载淚 thought about it all the time.色视频下载
Kaptur first went to 色视频下载 in summer 1970. Her boyfriend had fought wildfires there the previous year and said it was a financial bonanza. Kaptur wanted a shot at it, and even though 1970 was a dud for conflagrations, she returned for another stint in 1971. That was a better year fire-wise, which was good because Kaptur needed the money: She had enrolled at UAF for the fall semester.
Kaptur had always been good at music and math. But it wasn色视频下载檛 until she auditioned for Professor Jean-Paul Billaud that she truly focused on music, which has been the sustaining force in her life ever since.
Earning a music degree in piano and composition was demanding.
色视频下载淚t was basically a double major,色视频下载 she said.
She also worked as the department色视频下载檚 music librarian.
The library was a room filled with sheets of music scattered all over, scores and genres intermingled with one another.
The faculty there inspired us and believed in us to achieve our potential and reach beyond it. They were ambitious for us. 色视频下载 They raised the bar really high for us.色视频下载
色视频下载淚t took two semesters to sort that out,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淏ut I learned a lot about that library!色视频下载
The Music Department was small, something that was part of her attraction to UAF and that stood in contrast to the large, competitive University of Michigan, which she also considered.
色视频下载淸UAF is] more intimate,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淭he compositions I wrote 色视频下载 my classmates played them, faculty played them. I色视频下载檇 never have had that opportunity or been able to play principal position at the University of Michigan, and that色视频下载檚 still true today.色视频下载
Kaptur also began writing grants for herself and other students. It was a skill she would later employ as director of several nonprofit arts associations throughout the country, including the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival. She uses that venue to fulfill her deepest belief: that in addition to bringing joy and inspiration, music can heal.
One such healing program is with renowned harmonica player Mike Stevens. In cooperation with the Fairbanks festival, he has traveled to various 色视频下载 villages several times to work with young people to encourage musicianship as an alternative to other, destructive life choices they might make. [See related story in the spring 2014 Aurora PDF.]
Kaptur practices what she preaches. After she was diagnosed with cancer in the late 1990s, she underwent a number of operations. Her reaction to anesthesia was debilitating 色视频下载 worse, she said, than the surgery itself. After much research, she found a way to effectively anesthetize herself through music based on her own, highly personalized compositions. It was, no doubt, an outcome of her college education that she could never have anticipated in 1971.
But the outlines of that approach were there even then.
色视频下载淭he biggest gift from being part of the UAF community was the sense of nurturing,色视频下载 Kaptur said.
色视频下载淭he faculty there inspired us and believed in us to achieve our potential and reach beyond it. They were ambitious for us. 色视频下载 They raised the bar really high for us.色视频下载
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1980s-2010s
Dolly Garza 色视频下载80
Dolly Garza.
Like many new college students, Dolly Garza arrived in Fairbanks in fall 1975 with only the faintest outline of a career plan.
Garza didn色视频下载檛 head to college with a major or even a sense of what she wanted to study. The Ketchikan High School graduate enrolled at UAF mainly because of a family connection 色视频下载 her uncle, Dennis Demmert, was head of the 色视频下载 Native studies program.
Garza spent her first year taking economics classes before deciding that the home economics program was more to her liking. But that degree program was eliminated the next year, leaving her looking for a Plan C.
色视频下载淚 was in a quandary of what do with my life,色视频下载 she said.
Dolly Garza picks Alaria seaweed during a trip to Kodiak in 2005.
Garza, who grew up in a Haida family, found the answer in a familiar place. Many of her relatives were fishermen, and with their encouragement she enrolled in the UAF fisheries biology program.
It色视频下载檚 a decision that shaped her next four decades, which included three fisheries degrees and a long career as a Marine Advisory Program agent with 色视频下载 Sea Grant. Garza retired in 2006 as a professor emeritus of fisheries. It色视频下载檚 quite a legacy for someone who entered the profession with a decidedly laid-back view of her career goals.
色视频下载淚 had the dream of sitting in one of those towers, counting sockeye as they go by in the rivers,色视频下载 she said with a laugh.
Garza said Demmert helped her aim a bit higher, and that Rural Student Services in particular helped ease her transition to college. She laughingly recalled her freshman papers 色视频下载渓ooked like they were bleeding to death色视频下载 after going through a red-ink edit from a patient English professor who helped her polish her writing skills.
By the time she graduated in 1980, Fairbanks was a second home.
色视频下载淲hen I got there, I cried because there was no ocean,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淲hen I left I cried because I was going to miss it.色视频下载
After receiving her bachelor色视频下载檚 degree in fisheries science at UAF, Garza attended the University of Washington for graduate school. Toward the end of her studies, she saw a bulletin board ad for a Marine Advisory Program agent in Kotzebue and landed the job. After a few years, she took the same job at a new MAP office in Sitka, eventually wrapping up her career in her hometown of Ketchikan. Along the way, she took a sabbatical to acquire a doctorate in marine policy from the University of Delaware.
Her work largely focused on helping local fishermen and rural residents understand the vast array of laws and regulations impacting their lives.
Garza also became a noted author and expert on coastal food sources. Her book 色视频下载淐ommon Edible Seaweeds of the Gulf of 色视频下载色视频下载 has been a resource on the subject since it was published by 色视频下载 Sea Grant in 2005. She continues to teach seaweed workshops, offering education about the abundant but underutilized food source in Southeast 色视频下载 and British Columbia.
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Today Garza lives in British Columbia on the island of Haida Gwaii, where her husband, Russ Jones, is leading an effort to implement an islandwide coastal plan. She focuses much of her time on weaving and sewing Haida regalia.
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Charles Stevenson 色视频下载85, 色视频下载88, 色视频下载89, 色视频下载95
Charles Stevenson.
Charles Stevenson remembers waking up because someone was 色视频下载渕oving my face.色视频下载 It was the professor in his economics class. While taking an exam, Stevenson色视频下载檚 head had dropped to the desk, and it didn色视频下载檛 stir until the class period was done.
色视频下载淧rofessor [Bill] Workman was trying to pull the exam from under my face,色视频下载 Stevenson recalled. 色视频下载淚 was out cold, drooling.色视频下载
Stevenson was a very busy man during his five years at UAF in the early 1980s. He worked several jobs. He took a full load of classes. He played intramural sports and served as a student senator. He DJ色视频下载檇 dances. Sleep wasn色视频下载檛 on his agenda until it forced its way there.
His pace hasn色视频下载檛 slowed much since.
After a career in which Stevenson rose to superintendent of the state jail in Fairbanks, he moved to Anchorage to become vice commander of the 色视频下载 Air National Guard色视频下载檚 176th Wing. That led to a move to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., which brought him his latest assignment: deputy commander of Joint Task Force Guantanamo.
Yes, that Guantanamo, the U.S. Navy base in Cuba where detainees from the war on terror are held. Stevenson, now an Air Force brigadier general, was sent there in late 2016 to be second in command.
Charles Stevenson, left, takes to the floor in the Hess Rec Center during a dance he helped DJ as 色视频下载淕randmaster Dr. C色视频下载 in 1984.
Stevenson, in a phone interview in December 2016, said he couldn色视频下载檛 talk about the detainee operations. But he acknowledged that he had never envisioned such a place in his career path.
色视频下载淲ho would think an 色视频下载 guy would be involved in something like this?色视频下载 he said.
Stevenson arrived in 色视频下载 with his mother just before entering third grade in Anchorage. By sixth grade, they were in Fairbanks. His mom worked as a cook in trans-色视频下载 pipeline construction camps, at Fort Wainwright and finally at Clear Air Force Station.
After graduating from Monroe High School in 1979, he started at UAF in accounting with a 12-credit load. Finding himself bored, he got a security job on campus.
While Stevenson was on duty one day, he said, justice Professor Gary Copus asked him if he wanted to take classes and get paid for it.
色视频下载淚 said, 色视频下载榃hat are you talking about?色视频下载櫳悠迪略貪 Stevenson recalled. 色视频下载淗e said, 色视频下载榃e have an intern program for justice majors.色视频下载櫳悠迪略貪
So Stevenson switched majors and got an internship at the Fairbanks Correctional Center. He started June 1, 1980, became a full-time employee a year later and didn色视频下载檛 leave until he retired with 20 years of service.
After graduating in 1985 with his justice degree, Stevenson earned two more at UAF in physical education by 1989. Inspired by the training, he arranged basketball tournaments between city league and jail teams. Prisoners got their trophies and videos when they left jail. Stevenson recently saw an ex-inmate in Anchorage who thanked him for the effort, saying, 色视频下载淭hose were good times.色视频下载
In 1994, Stevenson married his wife, the former Kristine Pomeroy 色视频下载94, who also grew up in Fairbanks. They have three children.
Stevenson kept studying. He got a bachelor色视频下载檚 in business at UAF in 1995 and, after retiring from the jail in 2001, earned a degree from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. But when the state needed a new jail superintendent, he applied, got the job and returned to the facility on Wilbur Street. In 2004, he had the dubious privilege of being in charge the night someone tried to break into the jail with a front-end loader.
Meanwhile, Stevenson had been working his way up in the 色视频下载 National Guard色视频下载檚 168th Air Refueling Wing at Eielson Air Force Base. So, after leaving the jail superintendent job in 2012, he took the 176th Wing vice commander position in Anchorage. Three years later, he and his family were off to Washington, D.C.
色视频下载淭he Lord was good and opened doors, or I pushed through them,色视频下载 Stevenson said of his still-evolving path.
色视频下载 Sam Bishop
Karen Gaborik 色视频下载91
Karen Gaborik.
As the school district superintendent in Fairbanks, of course Karen Gaborik believes in education, taking the scholarly approach, all of that. You色视频下载檇 expect studiousness in someone who was the student commencement speaker. She色视频下载檚 certainly no academic slouch: bachelor色视频下载檚 in speech communication from UAF, teaching certificate and master色视频下载檚 degree in special education from the University of 色视频下载 Anchorage, topped off with a Ph.D. in education administration from Argosy University.
But in her senior year when she was asked in spring 1991 to speak on behalf of her graduating class?
色视频下载淚 was floored,色视频下载 Gaborik said, smiling wryly. 色视频下载淏ecause my first two years 色视频下载 I had a lot of fun.色视频下载
All that fun had put her well into the center of campus life.
色视频下载淚 think I was selected as speaker because I was so engaged in the student community,色视频下载 she said.
Gaborik色视频下载檚 first home was Lathrop Hall. She later became a resident assistant in Wickersham.
色视频下载淚t wasn色视频下载檛 my first choice, but I loved it,色视频下载 she said.
色视频下载淚 have great memories of dorm life. I色视频下载檓 so glad I lived on campus.色视频下载
I have great memories of dorm life. I色视频下载檓 so glad I lived on campus.色视频下载
Being an RA led her to the student ambassador program, through which she visited area high schools to promote UAF. In that role she was able to practice public speaking, which was part of her major.
色视频下载淢arsha Stratton色视频下载檚 public speaking class really inspired me,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淚 took as many classes as I could from the speech department. Public speaking 色视频下载 performance 色视频下载 was something I enjoyed.色视频下载
Public speaking is a regular part of her job as school district superintendent, and education is something of a birthright. Gaborik comes from a long line of educators, including a grandmother who was the first female dean at the Oregon Institute of Technology. Gaborik色视频下载檚 mother went to 色视频下载 to teach, first in Anchorage, then in Fairbanks. Her father, a Vietnam vet, made his way to Fairbanks courtesy of the military. (The pair met at the Malemute Saloon, in nearby Ester.)
After Gaborik earned her communication degree at UAF, her father encouraged her to get her teaching certificate as a backup. She wasn色视频下载檛 sure she would like it, but those first classes in the Teach for 色视频下载 program at UAA convinced her otherwise.
Gaborik grew up in Salcha, a small community near Fairbanks. She graduated from Eielson High School, where she would later return to teach. UAF was, she said, a natural choice. She was an avid cross-country skier, and she hoped to continue that as a Nanook.
But then she took a rifle class with coach Randy Pitney on a whim, and her focus shifted.
色视频下载淚 redshirted the first year, but I made a good run after that,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淢ade All-American.色视频下载
Gaborik spent many long hours practicing with the rifle team, an activity that required a mix of camaraderie and independence.
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Ultimately, though, friends and professors loom largest in Gaborik色视频下载檚 mind.
色视频下载淢ost of my memories are around people,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淲hen I think of UAF I think of them.色视频下载
色视频下载 Tori Tragis
Sven Haakanson 色视频下载92
Sven Haakanson.
Sven Haakanson is like a lot of UAF students, to a point. He色视频下载檚 from 色视频下载 色视频下载 Old Harbor, on Kodiak Island 色视频下载 and he enrolled because it was affordable, although he expected to have to work his way through college.
Despite having spent his last year and a half of high school in Anchorage, Haakanson worried that life in a small village had left him unprepared for university.
色视频下载淚 didn色视频下载檛 know if I色视频下载檇 be able to graduate,色视频下载 he said.
Rural Student Services was his safety net. Going from a place where he knew everyone to a place where he didn色视频下载檛 know the person sitting next to him was a challenge, he said.
色视频下载淭hey helped me adjust. I was the first in my family to go to undergraduate school and graduate.色视频下载
The original plan was to get an English degree and a teaching certificate, then teach in the winter and fish in the summer. But he took some classes in anthropology and caught the notice of his professors, who arranged for Haakanson to fly to Denmark for a conference where UAF anthropology Professor Lydia Black was to deliver a lecture. That changed everything.
色视频下载淒r. Black was amazing. I was sitting there, on the other side of the world, listening to her talk and learning about my own people,色视频下载 he said, referring to his Alutiiq ancestry, 色视频下载渁nd wondering why I hadn色视频下载檛 learned all that at home.色视频下载
Dr. Black was amazing. I was sitting there, on the other side of the world, listening to her talk and learning about my own people,色视频下载 he said, referring to his Alutiiq ancestry, 色视频下载渁nd wondering why I hadn色视频下载檛 learned all that at home.色视频下载
He tried to carry two majors once he got back to UAF, but combined with getting a teaching certificate, it was too much. The certificate alone was a full-time job, one he undertook in Magadan, Russia, which, in 1991, was just beginning to open up to Westerners.
色视频下载淭hat experience in itself was very formative for the things I色视频下载檝e done since,色视频下载 Haakanson said. 色视频下载淚t allowed me to learn Russian, speak it fluently, and have an experience very few Americans have the opportunity to do. Up until then we propagandized how the Soviets and Communists were this and that, and I got there and saw the people were just trying to live and survive, like us.色视频下载
It also gave him a lot of alone time.
色视频下载淭here was a group of us that started off in September, and by December there were two of us left, and in January I was left by myself for the last six months.色视频下载
That total immersion helped him undertake his dissertation research on the Nenets people of Siberia. After graduating from UAF in 1992 with a degree in English and that teaching certificate, he was offered a scholarship to do his Ph.D. at Harvard. He went on to direct the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak, and he won a MacArthur Fellow 色视频下载済enius grant色视频下载 in 2007. He now teaches anthropology at the University of Washington and is a curator at the Burke Museum.
Haakanson maintains his strong ties to 色视频下载. He serves on the board of directors for Koniag Inc., consults for the Rasmuson Foundation and attends the annual 色视频下载 Federation of Natives conference, among other things. He is very clear about his early inspirations.
色视频下载淚 got to know Lydia Black and Perry Gilmore and David Smith,色视频下载 he said, recalling his anthropology and education teachers. 色视频下载淯AF 色视频下载 you have so many wonderful professors. I struggled with not having good writing, but they challenged me to go beyond my comfort zone. That was the kind of thing I loved about UAF.色视频下载
He paused, getting ready for another story from his student years.
色视频下载淚 applied for my passport [to go to Denmark],色视频下载 he said. 色视频下载淚t was coming in on a Friday and I was supposed to leave that Saturday. The campus post office closed at 5, but they stayed open another hour so I could get there. That色视频下载檚 the kind of thing that shows how wonderful UAF and people in Fairbanks were.色视频下载
色视频下载 Tori Tragis
Reija Shnoro 色视频下载06
Reija Shnoro.
Reija Shnoro knows it色视频下载檚 a cliche, but the story is true: When she was a child growing up in Finland, she saw a documentary about 色视频下载, and she knew that色视频下载檚 where she had to be.
色视频下载淚t showed the wilderness, the animals,色视频下载 she recalled. 色视频下载淚 think it was called 色视频下载楾his Is 色视频下载 Wild!色视频下载 I still remember sitting on the floor, too close to the TV, and I thought 色视频下载 色视频下载樕悠迪略? OK, I色视频下载檓 totally going there one day.色视频下载櫳悠迪略貪
It wasn色视频下载檛 that life in the rural North was exotic to Shnoro. The small village she grew up in, Mieslahti, sits some 350 miles northeast of Helsinki in central Finland, at about the same latitude as Delta Junction, 色视频下载, but with a third of its population. Still, there was that pull. So when she decided to study abroad during law school at the University of Lapland, she looked at Norway, England and 色视频下载, and knew where she would go.
That was in 1999. She stayed a full year, went home to finish her classes, then came back to UAF in 2002. Returning to Finland, she worked in the legal field for two years before once again enrolling at UAF in 2004, this time to pursue a master色视频下载檚 degree in Northern studies.
色视频下载淚 knew I wanted another degree,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淢y choice was either Finland or 色视频下载. Northern studies seemed like what I wanted to study.色视频下载
People [in Finland] are afraid of all the animals 色视频下载 you know, moose running around everywhere.色视频下载
While the sub-Arctic wasn色视频下载檛 a complete surprise to Shnoro, one aspect of Interior living did catch her off guard.
色视频下载淚 was surprised it is really way colder,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淚t gets cold in Finland, but Fairbanks is definitely colder.色视频下载
Shnoro met her husband in Fairbanks, an American archaeologist who moved north to work as a consultant. They recently bought a home (plus 色视频下载渆ight chickens that came with the house色视频下载).
Even after many years in 色视频下载, Shnoro still impresses her friends and family in Finland with her adopted home.
色视频下载淛ust the fact I live in 色视频下载 is a big deal,色视频下载 she said, chuckling. 色视频下载淧eople [in Finland] are afraid of all the animals 色视频下载 you know, moose running around everywhere.色视频下载
When Shnoro isn色视频下载檛 facing down rampaging ungulates, she helps international students navigate the paperwork and immigration compliance to study at UAF. She works with degree-seeking students, from when they first apply for a visa to helping them secure paperwork for postgraduate practicum training.
色视频下载淚 want to see an increase in international students coming this way, and also UAF students using the study-away program in foreign countries to get that experience,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淚t色视频下载檚 good for a university to have students from other countries and cultures. It brings a lot to a university.色视频下载
It色视频下载檚 a position she is especially well-qualified for, given her training as a lawyer and her own experience as an international student.
色视频下载淚色视频下载檝e been in their shoes, so I know,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淚f a student needs to talk, I can tell them my experience. They know it色视频下载檚 not only them 色视频下载 the feelings, concerns, excitement, but feeling worried at the same time. Other people have done it, too. They色视频下载檙e not alone.色视频下载
色视频下载 Tori Tragis
Eric Hill 色视频下载08
Eric Hill.
Eric Hill found himself out of sync with his fellow students when he began taking classes full time at UAF in 2006. It wasn色视频下载檛 just his age, which was twice that of many fellow undergraduates. It was his work schedule.
色视频下载淚n so many years of mining work, you色视频下载檙e getting up at 3 or 4 in the morning so you can get on the job by 5 or so,色视频下载 Hill said. 色视频下载淪o I色视频下载檇 roll onto campus for classes, and it色视频下载檚 6:30 or 7. You go to the library or anyplace on campus and it色视频下载檚 dead for the next two hours.色视频下载
Hill, who today is general manager of the huge Fort Knox gold mine, started mining in 1988, right after high school. He moved to Fairbanks in 1997 to work at Fort Knox, which had begun producing gold the previous year. The mine, about 15 miles north of Fairbanks, poured its seven-millionth ounce in August 2016.
Throughout his years in the business, Hill took classes on the side, working toward an engineering degree.
色视频下载淔inally I was like, I色视频下载檝e got to put this all together before I lose focus,色视频下载 he said.
So he hit the books full time for four semesters and earned his mining engineering degree in 2008.
He knew such learning could come in handy. A few years earlier, a UAF class had inspired him to invent a solution to a longstanding problem at Fort Knox.
We did the research, did the lab work and ended up creating a patent on the process.色视频下载
Fort Knox uses carbon to collect gold molecules from a solution. In the early 2000s, the mine could screen most but not all of that carbon from its final product.
色视频下载淭here色视频下载檚 a bit of that carbon that gets so small that you can色视频下载檛 capture it on screens, and we end up packaging that material up and having to ship it somewhere,色视频下载 Hill said.
That was inefficient. Working with hydrometallurgy Professor Steve Lin, Hill created a way to transfer gold from small carbon pieces to large ones that then could be screened.
色视频下载淲e did the research, did the lab work and ended up creating a patent on the process,色视频下载 Hill said. Fort Knox adopted the method for a time, and a technical paper about the process won the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration色视频下载檚 Arthur Taggart Award in 2003.
Hill grew up in northern Nevada, where his family farms alfalfa. The mining industry boomed just as he graduated from high school.
色视频下载淭here were 14 active mines within the county I lived in,色视频下载 he recalled, so he hired on with one.
At that time, it was clear he would need an academic degree to get ahead.
色视频下载淚 started community college classes after work, a couple classes at a time,色视频下载 he said.
The industry eventually became less focused on promoting people with academic degrees, he said, so he advanced well even without one.
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Hill, who is engaged, has three children from an earlier marriage. The two youngest attend UAF, and his fiancee also has a mathematics degree from the school.
Hill said he appreciates UAF色视频下载檚 approach to students like him who work and have families.
色视频下载淭hey were very accommodating 色视频下载 if you couldn色视频下载檛 make it to class,色视频下载 he said. 色视频下载淚 thought that was a testament to the staff up there.色视频下载
色视频下载 Sam Bishop
Pearl Brower 色视频下载04, 色视频下载10, 色视频下载16
Pearl Brower.
色视频下载淚 loved UAF,色视频下载 said Pearl Kiyawn Nageak Brower. 色视频下载淚 loved the programs I was in and the opportunities I was provided. Lots of various people supported and mentored me. It色视频下载檚 definitely brought me to where I am today.色视频下载
Today Brower lives in Utqia摹vik, the new, official name of Barrow. She is the president of I岣isa摹vik College, a position she色视频下载檚 held for five years. (She色视频下载檚 worked there 10 years altogether.) Centered around I帽upiaq culture, I岣穒sa摹vik is a two-year tribal college that focuses on academic, vocational and technical education.
Brower grew up between the North Slope and a rural community in northern California, where she attended a community college for two years. But she was ready to move back to 色视频下载. Then two of her best friends told her about the school they were going to in Fairbanks.
Once I got to UAF, my interest in 色视频下载 Native culture really expanded. I realized how amazing and wonderful all our 色视频下载 Native cultures are.色视频下载
色视频下载淢y friends convinced me UAF was where I needed to be,色视频下载 she said.
Brower had been studying anthropology, but she was also inspired by Professor Phyllis Fast, who pushed her to pursue a second degree, in 色视频下载 Native studies.
色视频下载淪he was amazing,色视频下载 Brower said. 色视频下载淪he really nurtured and encouraged me in all the right ways.色视频下载
Brower色视频下载檚 academic interests were rooted in her I帽upiaq heritage as well as her fascination with other cultures.
色视频下载淚 value what everybody色视频下载檚 culture brings to the world,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淎nd I was wanting to be able to communicate truthfully what my culture was and who I was as an I帽upiaq woman. Once I got to UAF, my interest in 色视频下载 Native culture really expanded. I realized how amazing and wonderful all our 色视频下载 Native cultures are.色视频下载
Rural Student Services gave Brower a second home and people who remain her friends today. She and some in her group created the Native Student Organization in the late 2000s, complete with a governing board and a slate of activities.
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Brower is enthusiastic in her memories of UAF but remembers challenges as well. 色视频下载 Native people weren色视频下载檛 always well-represented in classes at UAF, so their perspective wasn色视频下载檛 heard. Likewise, she said most institutional programs did not always meet the needs of 色视频下载 Native and rural students. Now in charge of her own school, she focuses on the specific needs of the largely Native population at I岣颈蝉补摹惫颈办.
In the last few years, Brower has earned her master色视频下载檚 and doctorate from UAF, all long-distance and all while working full-time. She also has a husband and a young daughter.
Brower was named to the 色视频下载 Journal of Commerce色视频下载檚 Top 40 Under 40 list in 2015, an honor she did not mention in an interview. What she did bring up was being named the undergraduate 色视频下载 Native Studies Student of the Year.
色视频下载淭hat was incredibly meaningful, having that kind of recognition,色视频下载 she said. 色视频下载淚t made me realize that 色视频下载 Native studies was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life.色视频下载
色视频下载 Tori Tragis
Colton Parayko 色视频下载16
Colton Parayko.
While navigating the most pressure-filled environment of his career, Colton Parayko found an escape in an uncommon place.
Parayko, a defenseman for the NHL色视频下载檚 St. Louis Blues, was capping an outstanding rookie season with a deep run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. But between games, he filled his time by taking online courses from UAF.
The former Nanooks hockey player left Fairbanks after three years to begin his professional career in 2015, when he was just seven classes shy of a business administration degree. Instead of leaving those lingering requirements for another time, Parayko took distance-ed courses and kept studying during his first year in the NHL.
色视频下载淚t was a good opportunity for me to get away from hockey and do something else,色视频下载 he said. 色视频下载淲hen you色视频下载檙e in a new job, especially one like this, it can be a little overwhelming. It gave me something else to think about.色视频下载
Juggling hockey and studies didn色视频下载檛 seem to hurt Parayko, who earned a spot on the NHL all-rookie team. He色视频下载檇 grown used to that routine during his time at UAF, which made a three-course schedule during the playoffs seem quite reasonable.
Colton Parayko skates at the Carlson Center in December 2014 during his third and final season with the 色视频下载 Nanooks.
色视频下载淲e took five while we were at school, so it wasn色视频下载檛 so bad,色视频下载 he said.
Parayko was rewarded with a diploma after wrapping up his final two courses in summer 2016.
Nanooks hockey coach Dallas Ferguson 色视频下载00, recently hired as the Calgary Hitmen色视频下载檚 head coach, isn色视频下载檛 surprised by Parayko色视频下载檚 dedication. He said his former player displayed a formidable work ethic during his time in Fairbanks.
色视频下载淐olton色视频下载檚 workload and willingness to improve in all facets of his life was something that stood out to me while he was a student-athlete at UAF,色视频下载 Ferguson said. 色视频下载淭here was never a practice, game, training session or day that passed where Colton was not pushing himself to be a better version of himself.色视频下载
Earning a UAF degree capped an unconventional journey for the native of St. Albert, Alberta.
Parayko was drafted by the Blues in 2012, but decided as a teenager to pursue a college scholarship, unlike many Canadian hockey players who develop their games in the top junior leagues. Parayko was offered a spot with the Nanooks and invited to visit Fairbanks, where he clicked with Ferguson and UAF.
Fairbanks was cold, but just a bit more than his hometown, and it was fairly small, which was also part of its appeal.
色视频下载淚 really liked it,色视频下载 he said. 色视频下载淭he people on campus were really friendly. They kind of opened their arms to you.色视频下载
Parayko said he enjoyed both his studies at UAF and his role with the Nanooks, which included three winning seasons, many lasting friendships and strong community support. But when the Blues offered a contract after his junior year, he made the difficult decision to turn pro with a year of college eligibility remaining.
But even after making an NHL roster, Parayko said there wasn色视频下载檛 any doubt he色视频下载檇 continue to pursue his studies at UAF. The accomplished Nanook is already preparing for the next chapter of an impressive story.
色视频下载淗ockey色视频下载檚 only going to last so long,色视频下载 he said. 色视频下载淗opefully I can do something with my degree when I色视频下载檓 done.色视频下载
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