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William A. Egan

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William Allen Egan (October 8, 1914 – May 6, 1984) was an American Democratic politician. [1]

55 relations: Alaska, Alaska Highway, Alaska Legislature, Alaska Road Commission, Alaska Route 7, Alaska Senate, Alaska Statehood Act, Aleutian Islands, Anchorage, Alaska, Anthony Dimond, Bill Walker (U.S. politician), Binford & Mort, Canada, Catholic Church, Congressional Record, Constitution of Alaska, Contiguous United States, Democratic Party (United States), Dennis Egan, Doctor of Law, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Egan Center, Empire of Japan, George Miscovich, H. A. Boucher, Honorary degree, Hugh Wade, Jay Hammond, Juneau, Alaska, Kansas, Keith Harvey Miller, List of Governors of Alaska, List of Speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives, Lung cancer, Mining, Neva Egan, North America, Politician, Portland, Oregon, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Richard Nixon, Soviet Union, Territory of Alaska, Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, United States House of Representatives, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Valdez, Alaska, Valedictorian, Waino Hendrickson, Wally Hickel, ..., Working class, World War II, Yom Kippur War, 1964 Alaska earthquake, 1973 oil crisis. Expand index (5 more) »

Alaska

Alaska (Alax̂sxax̂) is a U.S. state located in the northwest extremity of North America.

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Alaska Highway

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Alaska Legislature

The Alaska Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Alaska Road Commission

The Board of Road Commissioners for Alaska, more commonly known as the Alaska Road Commission or ARC, was created in 1905 as a board of the U.S. War Department.

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Alaska Route 7

Alaska Route 7 (abbreviated as AK-7) is a state highway in the Alaska Panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Alaska Senate

The Alaska Senate is the upper house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Alaska Statehood Act

The Alaska Statehood Act was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 7, 1958, allowing Alaska to become the 49th U.S. state on January 3, 1959.

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Aleutian Islands

The Aleutian Islands (Tanam Unangaa, literally "Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi aliat, "island") are a chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones belonging to both the U.S. state of Alaska and the Russian federal subject of Kamchatka Krai.

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Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage (officially called the Municipality of Anchorage) (Dena'ina Athabascan: Dgheyaytnu) is a unified home rule municipality in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Anthony Dimond

Anthony Joseph "Tony" Dimond (November 30, 1881 – May 28, 1953) was an American Democratic Party politician who was the Alaska Territory Delegate in the United States House of Representatives for many years (1933–1945).

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Bill Walker (U.S. politician)

William Martin Walker (born April 16, 1951) is an American attorney and politician who is the 11th and current governor of Alaska.

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Binford & Mort

Binford & Mort Publishing is a book publishing company located in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Congressional Record

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress is in session.

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Constitution of Alaska

The Constitution of the State of Alaska was ratified in 1956 and took effect with Alaska's admission to the United States as a U.S. state on January 3, 1959.

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Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States or officially the conterminous United States consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states plus Washington, D.C. on the continent of North America.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Dennis Egan

Dennis William Egan (born March 3, 1947) is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate.

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Doctor of Law

Doctor of Law or Doctor of Laws is a degree in law.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Egan Center

The William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center (commonly known as simply the Egan Center) is a convention center located in downtown Anchorage, Alaska at 555 West Fifth Avenue.

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Empire of Japan

The was the historical nation-state and great power that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the enactment of the 1947 constitution of modern Japan.

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George Miscovich

George J. Miscovich (1916–1999) was American-Croat politician and speaker of the Alaska territorial House of Representatives.

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H. A. Boucher

Henry Aristide "Red" Boucher, Jr. (January 27, 1921 – June 19, 2009) was the second Lieutenant Governor of Alaska from 1970 to 1974.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree, in Latin a degree honoris causa ("for the sake of the honor") or ad honorem ("to the honor"), is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, a dissertation and the passing of comprehensive examinations.

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Hugh Wade

Hugh Joseph Wade (June 29, 1901 – March 25, 1995) was an American politician who served as the first Secretary of State of Alaska, serving from January 3, 1959 until December 5, 1966.

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Jay Hammond

Jay Sterner Hammond (July 21, 1922 – August 2, 2005) was an American politician of the Republican Party, who served as the fourth Governor of Alaska from 1974 to 1982.

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Juneau, Alaska

The City and Borough of Juneau (Tlingit: Dzánti K'ihéeni), commonly known as Juneau, is the capital city of Alaska.

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Kansas

Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States.

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Keith Harvey Miller

Keith Harvey Miller (born March 1, 1925) is an American Republican politician from Alaska.

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List of Governors of Alaska

The Governor of Alaska is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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List of Speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives

This is a list of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives.

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Lung cancer

Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit.

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Neva Egan

Desdia Neva Egan (October 3, 1914 – January 19, 2011) was an American educator who served as the first First Lady of Alaska from the state's creation in 1959 to 1966, and again from 1970 to 1974.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Politician

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.

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Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

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Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

Prudhoe Bay or Sagavanirktok is a census-designated place (CDP) located in North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Territory of Alaska

The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 24, 1912, until January 3, 1959, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Alaska.

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Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act

The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act of 1973 is a United States federal law signed by Richard Nixon on November 16, 1973 that authorized the building of an oil pipeline connecting the North Slope of Alaska to Port Valdez.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (also referred to as UAF or Alaska) is a public research university in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States.

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Valdez, Alaska

Valdez (Alutiiq: Suacit) is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Valedictorian

Valedictorian is an academic title of success used in the United States, Canada, Central America, and the Philippines for the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony (called a valediction).

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Waino Hendrickson

Waino Edward Hendrickson (June 18, 1896June 22, 1983) was an American Republican politician, the final Governor of the Territory of Alaska.

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Wally Hickel

Walter Joseph "Wally" Hickel (August 18, 1919 – May 7, 2010) was an American businessman and politician.

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Working class

The working class (also labouring class) are the people employed for wages, especially in manual-labour occupations and industrial work.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yom Kippur War

The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, or October War (or מלחמת יום כיפור,;,, or حرب تشرين), also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, was a war fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, by a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria against Israel.

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1964 Alaska earthquake

The 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AST on Good Friday, March 27.

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1973 oil crisis

The 1973 oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Egan

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