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


1913 to 2013

Juneau, Alaska

State & Territorial



Roger Jenkins

Date/Place of Birth:1/17/41 Staples, Minnesota

Occupation:Engineering Administrator

Residency in Alaska:Fairbanks 1969 Anchorage 1970 to present Spenard 1974 to present

Education :High School: Staples; Minnesota; 1959 Technical/Vocational: University of Alaska, Mining Extension; 1973-1981 College/University: University of Minnesota; 1964; B.S. (History/Geology) Post-Graduate: University of North Dakota; 1971 ; M.S. (Geography); (2) Bemidji State; (3) Macalester College; (4) University of Alaska Anchorage; (5) Alaska Pacific University

Political and Government Positions:Civil Engineering Administrator, City of Anchorage, 1970 to present; Spenard GOP Chairman, 1974-1976; GOP Central Committee, 1973-1976; Don Young Sign Director, 1973-1974; Director, United States Defense Committee, 1980 to present

Business and Professional Positions:University of Alaska Earth Science Instructor, 1976-1979; Consulting Mineral Exploration Geologist, 1973 to present; UNO Geography Graduate Assistant, 1967-1969; Menahga, Minnesota, High School Instructor, 1964-1967

Service Organization Membership:Scoutmaster; Captain Cook-Sourdough Jaycees; YMCA Swimming Instructor; Moose Lodge

Special Interests:Backpacking, gold-panning; cabin building; election analysis; sports; Alaska-Yukon-Klondike history