100 Years of Alaska's Legislature
"From Territorial Days to Today"
1913 to 2013
Juneau, Alaska
State & Territorial
George Gasser
OCCUPATION:Agronomist from Fairbanks
BIRTH DATE/PLACE:12/10/1875; Youngstown, Ohio
EDUCATION:High School: Manhattan, Kansas; College/University: Kansas State College, Bachelor of Science Degree, 1905, Manhattan, Kansas; College/University: University of Alaska, Honorary Doctorate of Science, 1955, Alaska
SPOUSE:Minnie Beatrice Peck
EMPLOYMENT:Superintendent, Experiment Station, Rampart, Alaska; Director, Experiment State, University of Alaska; Professor and Dean, University of Alaska; Commissioner, Territorial Department of Agriculture, Alaska
SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS:Member, Rotary; Member, Arctic Institute of America; Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
OTHER:Developed varieties of wheat and barley suitable for growing in Alaska