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1980 Recipients

Name	Biographical Information	Degree Awarded	Inst.
T. E. Armstrong	Scott Polar Research Inst., Cambridge, England	D. Science	UAF
John Butrovich	Territorial and State Legislator in Alaska for 30 years	D. Laws	UAF
LeDessa Nordale	U.S. Commission for Fairbanks 1951-59	D. Laws	UAF
John McPhee	Alaskan writer	D. Letters	UAA
Willie L. Hensley	State Senator - Alaska; Member of BOR 1984-87	D. Laws	UAA
Trevor Davis	Photographer	D. Humanities	UAS
Carol Beery Davis	Poet Laureate	D. Humanities	UAS
Cyrus E. Peck Sr.	Magistrate; member of AK Native Brotherhood	D. Humanities	UAS

1981 Recipients

Name	Biographical Information	Degree Awarded	Inst.
William D. Berry	Artist	D. Humanities	UAF
Robert Sheldon	Alaskan Aviator	D. Public Service	UAF
Leslie Nerland	businessman; Board of Regents'; member 1956-61	D. Public Service	UAF
Dr. Albert Lincoln Washburn	Chair, Polar Res. Board, Nat'l Academy of Sciences	D. Science	UAF
Jay Rabinowitz	Alaska Supreme Court Justice	D. Laws	UAA
George Sullivan	Mayor, City of Anchorage	D. Public Admin	UAA
Lew M. Williams Jr.	Journalist; owner Ketchikan Daily News; mem. BOR	D. Humanities	UAS
Mildred Sparks	Tlingit artist; Leader of Alaska Native Sisterhood	D. Humanities	UAS

1982 Recipients

Name	Biographical Information	Degree Awarded	Inst
Emily Ivanoff Brown	Author; Alaskan educator; Native leader	D. Humanities	UAF
Claire Fejes	Artist; Writer	D. Humanities	UAF
Frederica de Laguna	Anthropologist	D. Hum. Letters	UAA
Roland Snodgrass	Agriculture instr., farmer, Dir. of AK State Dept. of Agriculture	D. Hum. Letters	UAA
Frederick Eastaugh	Attorney; Alaska Territory Legislator	D. Humanities	UAS
Robert Boochever	Chief Justice, Alaska Supreme Court	D. Humanities	UAS
William Steere	Botanist; aided establishment of Institute of Arctic Biology	D. Science	UAF

1983 Recipients

Name	Biographical Information	Degree Awarded	Inst.
Jay Hammond	Governor, State of Alaska	D. Humanities	UAS
James Nolan	Sen. and Rep. from Wrangell; BOR member 1967-73	D. Humanities	UAS
Della Keats	Eskimo Tribal Doctor	D. Hum. Letters in Health Sciences	UAA
Morgan B. Sherwood	Alaska Journal editorial advisor; author	D. Hum. Letters in Historical Scholarship	UAA
Jean Dementi	Rev. Missionary and Nurse	D. Humanities	UAF
John Haines	Poet Laureate; Alaskan Homesteader	D. Letters	UAF
John F. O'Connell	President, Bechtel Inc.; helped frame nat. energy policy	D. Hum. Letters in Educational Leadership	UAA
Carl Randolph	President, U.S. Borax & Chemical Corp (commencement speaker)	D. Publis Service	UAF

1984 Recipients

Name	Biographical Information	Degree Awarded	Inst.
Earnest J. Haugen	Alaska State Legislator from Petersburg	D. Public Admin	UAS
Byron I. Mallot	President, Sealaska Corp.	D. Humanities	UAS
Hugh Joseph Wade	First Secretary of State-State of Alaska	D. Public Admin	UAS
Jay Barton	President, University of Alaska 1979-84	D. Science	UAF
Pierre Berton	Author, Historian of the North	D. Fine Arts	UAF
Albert Belon	Assoc. Dir., Geophysical Institute	D. Science	UAF
Harvey Goodale	Alaskan Artist	D. Fine Arts	UAF
Ellen Goodale	Alaskan Artist	D. Fine Arts	UAF
B. Dale Davis	Atwood Chair, professor of journalism	D. Hum. Letters	UAA
John Asplund	Pioneer Anchorage Businessman; civic leader	D. Comm. Law	UAA

1985 Recipients

Name	Biographical Information	Degree Awarded	Inst.
Young Seek Choue	Chanc., Kyung Hee Univ., Korea; Inter.educator	D. Laws	UAA
Esther Wunnicke	Alaska Commissioner of Natural Resources	D. Public Service	UAA
Katharine Kuh	Art critic and writer	D. Fine Arts	UAA
Rosamond Weller	Musician and educator in Fairbanks for 37 years	D. Humanities	UAF
Donald Young	U.S. House of Representatives-Alaska	D. Laws	UAF
Robert Cogo	Southeast Alaska linguist	D. Letters	UAF
Jonathan Motzfeldt	Political leader from Greenland	D. Laws	UAF
Joseph M. Kahklen	Southeast Alaska Educator	D. Humanities	UAS
Joseph Rude	Juneau physician	D. Humanities	UAS
William Overstreet	Mayor - Juneau; Far East Rep. for International Trade	D. Public Admin	UAS
Keith Nyborg	U. S. Ambassador to Finland	D. Public Affairs	UAA

1986 Recipients

Name	Biographical Information	Degree Awarded	Inst.
Dr. Henry Akiyama	Cardiologist; established medic program in Juneau	D. Humanities	UAS
Mildred Banfield	legislator; Board of Regents Member 1976-83	D. Public Admin	UAS
Motley A. Langhorne	Diplomat and public servant	D. Public Service	UAA
George W. Rogers	Professor of Economics, founder of ISER	D. Economics	UAA
Fredericka Martin	Anthropologist; noted for work done in Pribilof Islands	D. Humanities	UAF
Mary Demientieff	Native elder; member of Nat. Conference on Aging	D. Humanities	UAF
Frank Press	Pres., Nat. Acad. of Sci.; educator and geophysist	D. Science	UAF

1987 Recipients

Name	Biographical Information	Degree Awarded	Inst.
Robert A. Dahl	Political Scientist, Yale University	D. Laws	�UAA
Elvera Voth	Founder of UAA Singers; Anchorage music teacher	D. Music	�UAA
Harold Kaveolook	Educator and community leader, North Slope	D. Education	�UAF
Sadie Brower Neakok	Alaskan magistrate 1960-77	D. Laws	� UAF
Robert L. Rausch	Alaskan scientist; Parasitologist	D. Science	� UAF
Walter Daniel Teeland	Pioneer Alaskan businessman, Matanuska Valley	D. Public Service	� UAF
Florance Robinson Weber	Geologist, explorer	D. Sceince	�UAF
Dove Kull	Social Worker; helped establish Older Alaskans Comm.	D. Humanities	�UAS
Bob Armstrong	Scientist and Ornithologist	D. Science	�UAS
Alexander Brindle	Fisherman and Businessman, Wards Cove Packing Co.	D. Science	�UAS

1988 Recipients

Name	Biographical Information	Degree Awarded	Inst.
Hugh H. Connelly	Alaska District Court Judge 1959-87	D. Laws	UAF
Hugh B. Fate	Member and President, BOR ; dentist	D. Public Service	UAF
Louis O. Quam	Arctic scientist, teacher	D. Science	UAF
Ronald L. Graham	Mathematician, alumnus of UAF	D. Science	UAF
Alfred A. Baumeister	Dir., John Kennedy Center for Res. on Ed.; leader in the field of mental retardation	D. Hum. Letters	UAA
John M. Hilpert	UAF faculty member in engineering for 27 years	D. Science	UAA
Nathan Paul Jackson	Chilkoot-Tlingit Woodcarver	D. Humanities	UAS
Burke Riley	Admin to Gov. Gruening; Delegate, Const. Convention	D. Humanities	UAS

1989 Recipients

Name	Biographical Information	Degree Awarded	Inst.
William Ransom Wood	Pres., UA 1960-73; Mayor, City of Fairbanks	D. Laws	BOR
Dorothy Jane Wood	Wife and Partner of William R. Wood	D. Laws	BOR
M. Walter Johnson	M.D. Rural Alaska health care provider; UA graduate	D. Public Service	UAA
Carolyn Floyd	President, Kodiak Community College 1969-87	D. Education	UAA
Alvin Okeson	President, Mat-Su Community College 1961-87	D. Education	UAA
Katherine (Kay) Fanning	Alaska Newspaper Publisher	D. Letters	UAF
James W. Brooks	Alaska Commissioner of Game; UA graduate	D. Science	UAF
Sidney Huntington	Brd. of Fish and Game; Galena Sch. Brd. mem. 25 yrs	D. Public Service	UAF
Charlie Ott	Biologist/conservationist/photographer	D. Letters	UAF
Austin Hammond	Leader Chilkoot people of Haines; founder Cultural Camp	D. Humanities	UAS
James J King	Waterfowl Propagation and Bird Reh. Center	D. Science	UAS
Cliff Taro	Businessman; promoted Pacific Rim trade	D. Public Service	UAS
John Middaugh	State of Alaska Epidemiologist; UA faculty member	D. Science	UAA