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History on screen at UAS

...our future."Stuebner said other versions of "Good Morning Alaska" exist, including some in which former Gov. William Egan speaks about the AMHS instead of Miller.A third film, "Atka: An Aleutian Village," was also shown.A more sober...

http://juneauempire.com/node/26283
State
Accumulated Fragments: Gruening and Bartlett walk the long road to statehood

...delegation without waiting for an enabling act from Congress. In the spring of 1956, Alaskans elected Ernest Gruening and William Egan as Senators-elect and Ralph J. Rivers as House Representative-elect. With support for statehood firmly established...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2012-07-08/accumulated-fragments-gruening-and-
Neighbors
Neva Egan Papers donated to state library

...the state's first governor, William Egan, a central figure in Alaska's...she'd found a home. Her husband, William Egan, was born in Valdez in 1914...married in 1940. The next year, William Egan served two terms in the House of...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2012-03-22/neva-egan-papers-donated-state-library
Art
Photo: Neva Egan historical collection debuts

...photographs to the Alaska Historical Collections on Tuesday. The collection documents many of the activities of Governor William Egan and First Lady Neva Egan throughout their years of public service, from the Valdez City Council and Mayor's Office...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-03-21/photo-neva-egan-historical-collection-d
Local
Photo: One more reason to like Ike

...her mother, Linda, in the atrium of the State Office Building on Monday. On Jan. 3, 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Alaska to the U.S. and William Egan was sworn in as the first governor of the state.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-01-04/one-more-reason-ike
Local
Juneau-Douglas Museum wins second Leadership in History Merit Award

...they wanted Alaska citizens to have the control. Kathy Ruddy also is featured in the story, telling about how Gov. William Egan - Dennis Egan's father - handled a sticking point in the drafting. "Tempers were getting short and people were not...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-07-09/juneau-douglas-museum-wins-second-leade
Local
Hickel would be horrified by Parnell's pandering

...this is a conclusion shared by thousands of Alaskans who not only admired Hickel but other Alaska statesmen like Govs. William Egan and Jay Hammond. They disagreed on many things, but they were united on standing up for our constitutional mandate...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-03-25/hickel-would-be-horrified-parnells-pa
Opinion
Phyllis Langdon

...Affairs and later for the Bureau of Land Management.In the early 1960's, Phyllis served as the executive secretary to William Egan, the first Governor of the State of Alaska until 1966 when his term ended. For two years until 1968, she was secretary...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=LS000155353317
Images from another time: The prospect of oil wealth, 1973

Governor William Egan examines Alaska newspapers in his Capitol office after calling a special legislature session in October 1973. Legislators were...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/112105/loc_20051121004.shtml
News
The governor is amused - 1973

Alaska's first governor, William Egan, was amused by comments made during the Western Governors Conference in September 1973 at Gleneden Beach, Ore. Egan was serving his second term as governor. | | |

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News

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