<Li> Austin Eugene "Cap" Lathrop (1865--1950), industrialist, founder of some of Alaska's oldest radio stations and builder of currently recognized historic architecture . Produced The Chechahcos, the first movie produced in Alaska . Lathrop's feud with Gruening over statehood issues spawned the novel and film Ice Palace . </Li> <Li> Loren Leman (born 1950), Lieutenant Governor 2002--2006, the first Alaska Native elected to statewide office . </Li> <Li> Ray Mala (1906--1952), the first Native American and first Alaskan to become a film star . He starred in MGM's Eskimo / Mala the Magnificent, which was filmed entirely on location in Alaska . His son, Dr. Ted Mala, became an influential Alaska Native physician, and was also Commissioner of Health and Social Services during Hickel's second governorship . </Li> <Li> Eva McGown (1883--1972), Fairbanks hostess and chorister . Also the basis for a character in Ice Palace . </Li>

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