100 Years of Alaska's Legislature
"From Territorial Days to Today"


1913 to 2013

Juneau, Alaska

State & Territorial



Vance Phillips

OCCUPATION:Construction Contractor, Real Estate Developer from Anchorage

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS:Member, City Parks and Recreation Board, Anchorage; President/Member, Lions; Member, Elks; Member, Anchorage Chamber of Commerce; Member, Alaska Big Game Trophy Club; Member, Anchorage Roundtable

SPECIAL INTERESTS:Contracting, retailing

BIRTH DATE/PLACE:12/28/1915 Garfield, Utah

EDUCATION:High School: Juab High School, Nephi, Utah

MILITARY SERVICE:US Army, Aleutians, Southeastern and Central Alaska, Fort Richardson, 2 years, 1944-1946

SPOUSE:Gertrude M. Bertelsen

CHILDREN:Vance, Jr., Cynthia Karen

EMPLOYMENT:Surveyor, Kodiak; Heavy Equipment Operator, Kodiak; Owner, Mt. McKinley Excavating Co.; Co-Owner/President, Caribou Department Stores; Real Estate Developer, Anchorage