Biography for Representative Hugh "Bud" Fate and the 22nd Legislature

Session:
State Capitol, Room 416
Juneau, AK 99801-1182
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Phone: (907) 465-4976
Fax: (907) 465-3883

Interim - mail only:
119 N. Cushman, Suite 101
Fairbanks, AK 99701

Interim - office:
3340 Badger Rd., Suite 290
North Pole, AK 99705
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Phone: (907) 488-0862
Fax: (907) 488-4271

Elected to the House: 2000

Date/Place of Birth: December 4, 1929

Residency in Alaska: 50 years:
Fairbanks 1951-present
Umiat 1950-51

Occupation: Dentist (retired)

Family: Wife - Mary Jane
Children: Janine, Jennifer, Julie, Al H. Woods
Eleven Grandchildren

Education:
La Grande High School, Graduated 1948
University of Washington 1948 - 1949
University of Alaska: 1954 - 1957
- Mining Engineer
University of Oregon: 1958 - 1959 B.S.
Dental School, D.M.D.

Military Service: 1951 - 1953
U.S. Army Signal, Corporal

Alaska State House of Representatives: 2001 - present
Vice-Chair, Legislative Budget & Audit Committee: 2001 - present
Vice-Chair, Resources Committee: 2001 - present
Vice-Chair, State Affairs: 2001 - present
Vice-Chair, Special Committee on Oil and Gas: 2001 - present
Finance Subcommittees: 2001 - present
   - Fish & Game
   - Transportation & Public Facilities
   - Revenue

Political and Government Positions:
Former President, University of Alaska Board of Regents
Trustee, University of Alaska Foundation
Vice-Chair, Alaska Republican Party
Chair, Republican District 33
Former President, Alaska State Board of Dental Examiners
Alaska Local Boundary Commission
Chair, Alaska Land Use Council Advisory Committee
Governor’s Task Force on Rural Hire
Former Executive Committee Member
- Alaska State Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Former Chair, Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce
Member, North Pole Chamber of Commerce

Business and Professional Positions:
Dentist (retired)
Real Estate Developer
Heavy Equipment Operator/Oil Driller
Commercial Fisherman
Gold Miner
Former President, Alaska Dental Society

Service Organizations and Community Involvement:
Rotary Club
Pioneer Igloo #4
Diplomat International College of Dentists

Awards & Recognitions:
Honorary Doctorate of Public Service: 1988
- University of Alaska

Special Interests:
Family, Private Pilot, Land/Sea Instruments, Author

Publications:
Proceedings: Man's Health in Changing Environment, May 20, 1970
- DHEW Pub. #(HSM) 72-10001
Athabascan - "The Quest" Alaska Northwest Publishing Co.,
- Alaska Geographic Nov. 3, 1979; Vol.6 #3

biography last updated 11/20/2002

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