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


1913 to 2013

Juneau, Alaska

State & Territorial



Austin Lathrop

OCCUPATION:Businessman from Cordova & Anchorage

BIRTH DATE/PLACE:10/05/1865; Lapeer, Michigan

EDUCATION:High School: Harrisville, Michigan

SPOUSE:Mrs. Lillian McDowell

EMPLOYMENT:Construction Contractor, Puget Sound area; Freighting & Transfer Business, Cook Inlet; Transfer Business, Cordova, Alaska; Built, Theaters & Apartment Homes, Cordova; Built, Theaters & Apartment Homes, Anchorage; Built, Theaters & Apartment Homes, Fairbanks; Purchased, Healy River Coal Mine; Purchased, Fairbanks DAILY NEWS-MINER; Purchased, First Bank of Cordova; Purchased, Radio & TV Stations; President, First Bank of Cordova; Director, Olympia Brewing Company, Olympia, Washington

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS:Member, Board of Regents, University of Alaska; Member, Fisheries Advisory Commission; Member, Pioneers; Member, Elks; Member, Rotary Club; Member, Anchorage Advisory Council; President, Alaska Moving Picture Corporation