1990-10 Urging the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska to Name the Fisheries Industrial Technology Center Building for Alfred A. Owen.By: Mayor Selby
Introduced: 01/18/90
Adopted: 01/18/90
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
RESOLUTION NO. 90-10
A RESOLUTION URGING THE BOARD OF REGENTS
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA TO NAME THE
FISHERIES INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTER BUILDING
FOR ALFRED A. OWEN
WHEREAS, Alfred A. Owen first came to Alaska in 1939
after attending the University of Washington, majoring in business
administration and economics; and
WHEREAS, he was given the responsibility for the
territorial employment office in Kodiak, and during World War II
he served as War Manpower Commissioner in Fairbanks; and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the war, Al operated the
F/V Marmot, a purse seiner, out of Kodiak; and
WHEREAS, at the request of friends, he successfully ran
for the territorial legislature and was elected to the House in
1948, serving in 1949 and 1950; and
WHEREAS, he served as business agent for the United
Fishermen of Cook Inlet, the Port of Anchorage, and the Port of
Whittier, and served on the councils of the City of Anchorage and
City of Kodiak; and
WHEREAS, Al was elected to the Senate in 1956 and served
in the 23rd Territorial Legislature where he was an active and
outspoken advocate for statehood; and
WHEREAS, he served in the Senate of the first four
legislatures, leaving the legislature in 1966; and
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WHEREAS, Al continued to serve Alaska as an appointed
member of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission, and
WHEREAS, Al wrote the original legislation which
established the Alaska Department of Fisheries and introduced
legislation concerning many other fisheries issues; and
WHEREAS, Alfred A. Owen was a true Alaskan pioneer who
met each challenge with vigor, enthusiasm, and hope; whose spirit
and vitality to build a better Alaska should be remembered; and
WHEREAS, Al put more than forty years of concern and
effort into fisheries management in Alaska;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kodiak Island
Borough Assembly that the Board of Regents of the University of
Alaska is urged to recognize the many years of service to Alaskans
in the fisheries industry and name the Fisheries Industrial
Technology Center building now under construction the Alfred A.
Owen Building.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 18th day of JANUARY, 1990.
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