Daphne Elizabeth Brown
Daphne Elizabeth Brown 1948 – 2011 Achievement In: Architecture and Civic Involvement Daphne Brown was born in Manchester, N.H., and raised in Gardner, Mass. She graduated from Walnut Hill School in Natick, Mass., and went on to the University of Pennsylvania (B.A. 1970) and University of Washington (Master of Architecture 1973). She was awarded a Loeb Fellowship in 1989-1990 for studies at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Brown was a principal with Kumin Associates Inc. Throughout her life, Brown maintained an...
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Carolyn (Huntsman) Covington 1936 – Achievement In: Education, Political Activism and Community Service With a master’s degree in Vocational Administration from the University of Alaska Anchorage, and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Education conferred by Western State College of Colorado, Carolyn Covington has always been a strong advocate for innovative and inclusive education in Alaska. She began her professional career as a teacher in Whittier, then taught high school in Palmer and ended her professional career as assistant...
read moreDiddy R. M. (Seyd) Hitchins, Ph.D. MBE
Diddy R. M. (Seyd) Hitchins PhD MBE 1945 - Achievement In: Political Science and International Relations Education As a founding professor of Political Science/International Studies at University of Alaska Anchorage, Diddy Hitchins brought the world into classrooms in Anchorage. She informed and challenged students to think outside of the U.S.A., about different social, economic and political influences on world affairs. She taught students how to analyze and understand the way different political systems worked and interacted so that...
read moreDorothy M. (Knee) Jones, Ph.D
Dorothy M. (Knee) Jones, DSW 1923 - Achievement In: Anthropology of Aleut Communities and Women’s Therapy Dorothy Jones grew up in Chicago during the Great Depression and dreamed of being a writer. With little encouragement from family or teachers, she abandoned writing and turned her attention to the social sciences, earning a B.A. degree in psychology and a master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Chicago. After World War II, she married her sweetheart and, on his return from overseas service, they moved to Los Angeles. They...
read moreKaren L. Hunt
Karen L. (Lueck) Hunt 1938- Achievement in: Law as Judge and Educator Karen Hunt has been a pioneer in the Alaska legal world, in her own career as the first woman from Anchorage appointed to serve as a Superior Court Judge (1984-2000), as an educator and innovator in the practice of the law and as a leader of women in the law and in the community. She has been recognized and honored by the bar, the bench and the community for her leadership and achievements through awards such as: the Alaska Supreme Court Community Service Award...
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Joan Hurst 1927 – 2003 Achievement In: Youth Development and Advocacy for Children When she was a teenager Joan Hurst loved to go to summer camp, so when she was offered the opportunity to plan a camp in California in 1957 for Camp Fire, she jumped at it. In 1963 she accepted a job as the first executive director for Camp Fire in Alaska. She had only been in Anchorage a year when the office burned down, followed two months later by the 1964 earthquake. After such physical devastation, parents were...
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