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


1913 to 2013

Juneau, Alaska

State & Territorial



Richard Peter

OCCUPATION:Lawyer, Author, Newscaster from Juneau

BIRTH DATE/PLACE:02/17/1916; Canton, Ohio

EDUCATION:College/University: Bachelor of Laws Degree, Ohio Northern University, 1914, Ada, Ohio

MILITARY SERVICE:U.S. Army, 1942

SPOUSE:Mary Scott

CHILDREN:Eric, Scott, Leahy

EMPLOYMENT:Laboratory Technician, U.S. Army, Juneau, Alaska; News Director, KINY, Juneau, Alaska; Assistant Attorney General, Juneau, Alaska

SPECIAL INTERESTS:Author of plays, poetry, prose, and fiction

OTHER::Coined the Purchase Centennial Slogan, "North to the Future"