Jim Duncan (Alaska politician)
Jim Duncan (Alaska politician) (born May 4, 1942) Muscatine, Iowa. Alaskan state and local officeholder, educator and government and union executive.
Early life[]
Duncan graduated from Rockridge High School in Taylor Ridge, Illinois in 1960, and received an A.A. from Sheldon Jackson College, in Sitka, Alaska in 1962; attended Seattle University and got a B.A. degree from Illinois State University in 1965, and a master's degree in Business Administration from Oregon State University, in 1970.[1]
Career[]
Duncan was an accountant and taught at Sheldon Jackson, Sitka (Islands) Community College, and the Juneau-Douglas Community College.
He was the controller for the tribal Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority.[1] He was a supervisor in Alaska's Department of Revenue, the Commissioner of Administration during the Tony Knowles governorship, and was the Business Manager of the , an AFSCME affiliate, the state's largest union.[2][1]
Tenure[]
Duncan served on the Juneau-Douglas Borough Assembly, in the Alaska House of Representatives 1975-1986 (Speaker, 1981–1982),[3] and Alaska Senate 1987–1998, including a term as Minority Leader. He was Alaska's 1998 Democratic congressional candidate, running against incumbent Representative Don Young, who was then in his 13th term.[2]
Personal[]
Jim and his wife Carol Jean Acevada, who was a Tlingit tribal member, business owner and educator from Kake, Alaska had seven children: Jim Jr., Desiree, Michelle, Derek, Jon, Marc, Caron, and, by his second wife Charlotte, stepdaughter Kathy.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ a b c Jim Duncan, Alaska Legislature. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ a b Jim Duncan, Vote Smart. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ [https://www.juneauempire.com/news/key-legislator-in-1981-house-gridlock-offers-advice-for-current-reps/ Key legislator in 1981 House gridlock offers advice for current reps Different reasons for this disorganization than one 37 years ago], Juneau Empire, Alex McCarthy, February 11, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ Charlotte Duncan, Legacy.com, November 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ Carol Jean Aceveda Forchemer, Find a Grave, April 25, 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
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