Walter Joseph “Wally” Hickel (August 18, 1919 – May 7, 2010)

Walter Joseph “Wally” Hickel was an American Republican and Alaskan Independence Party politician who served as the second and eighth Governor of Alaska. His first term as governor was from 1966 to 1969, and ended with Hickel’s resignation upon his confirmation in the position of United States Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of [...]