Lieutenant Governor Loren Leman traces his family history in Alaska back more than 200 years to a marriage in Kodiak between a Russian shipwright and an Alutiiq woman from Afognak. Gold miners, Alaska Natives, fishermen and missionaries have figured prominently in his family. He is the first person of Alaska Native ancestry to be elected to statewide office in Alaska.

In addition to serving in the Alaska Legislature for 14 years, Lieutenant Governor Leman is a consulting civil/environmental engineer and fisherman. He and his wife Carolyn have three children- Joseph, Rachel and Nicole.

Loren Leman grew up in Ninilchik where he graduated from high school. He received his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Oregon State University and his masters in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. He has also studied Arctic Engineering at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

November 2004