George Alexander Parks

George Alexander Parks

George Alexander Parks (born May 29, 1883 in Denver , Colorado , †  May 11, 1984 in Juneau , Alaska ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) and from 1925 to 1933 Governor of the Alaska Territory .

George Parks graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in Golden in 1906 and then worked as a mining engineer in the western United States, Canada and Mexico before moving to Alaska in 1907. Between 1908 and 1926 he held various offices there; Among other things, he acted as head of the Land Office responsible for the area . During the First World War he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers .

US President Calvin Coolidge nominated Parks to succeed Scott Cordelle Bone as governor of the Alaska Territory; he took up this post on April 17, 1925. During his tenure, which lasted until April 19, 1933, the current state flag of Alaska was used for the first time. After leaving the governor's office, he remained in government service and became an engineer with responsibility for cadastral maps at the Land Office . He later went back into the private sector and worked as an engineer for a construction company based in Juneau; in this city he also served as vice president of the First National Bank .

In 1975 the Parks Highway (Alaska Route 3), which runs from Anchorage to Fairbanks , was named after him in George Parks' honor . He died in Juneau on May 11, 1984, shortly before his 101st birthday.

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