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Think you know where most of the Fairbanks campus building names originated? Test your knowledge.
  1. (Syun-Ichi) Akasofu

    2. Alaska territorial and state legislator for 34 years
    Known as the “Arctic Lindbergh”
    Former chemistry professor, dean and provost at UAF
    Graduate of Harvard Medical School; appointed territorial governor of Alaska by President Franklin
    Professor at the Geophysical Institute from 1951 until 1970; moon crater named in his honor
    UAF alumnus and professor of geophysics from 1964 to 2007
    President of the University of Alaska from 1960 to 1973
    Founding director of the university’s Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in 1948 and of the IAB
    Chief Alaska geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924
    Managing director of the Geophysical Institute from 1952 to 1963; moon crater named in his honor

  2. (Albert Hulse) Brooks

    3. Alaska territorial and state legislator for 34 years
    Known as the “Arctic Lindbergh”
    Former chemistry professor, dean and provost at UAF
    Graduate of Harvard Medical School; appointed territorial governor of Alaska by President Franklin
    Professor at the Geophysical Institute from 1951 until 1970; moon crater named in his honor
    UAF alumnus and professor of geophysics from 1964 to 2007
    President of the University of Alaska from 1960 to 1973
    Founding director of the university’s Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in 1948 and of the IAB
    Chief Alaska geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924
    Managing director of the Geophysical Institute from 1952 to 1963; moon crater named in his honor

  3. (John) Butrovich

    4. Alaska territorial and state legislator for 34 years
    Known as the “Arctic Lindbergh”
    Former chemistry professor, dean and provost at UAF
    Graduate of Harvard Medical School; appointed territorial governor of Alaska by President Franklin
    Professor at the Geophysical Institute from 1951 until 1970; moon crater named in his honor
    UAF alumnus and professor of geophysics from 1964 to 2007
    President of the University of Alaska from 1960 to 1973
    Founding director of the university’s Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in 1948 and of the IAB
    Chief Alaska geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924
    Managing director of the Geophysical Institute from 1952 to 1963; moon crater named in his honor

  4. (Sydney) Chapman

    5. Alaska territorial and state legislator for 34 years
    Known as the “Arctic Lindbergh”
    Former chemistry professor, dean and provost at UAF
    Graduate of Harvard Medical School; appointed territorial governor of Alaska by President Franklin
    Professor at the Geophysical Institute from 1951 until 1970; moon crater named in his honor
    UAF alumnus and professor of geophysics from 1964 to 2007
    President of the University of Alaska from 1960 to 1973
    Founding director of the university’s Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in 1948 and of the IAB
    Chief Alaska geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924
    Managing director of the Geophysical Institute from 1952 to 1963; moon crater named in his honor

  5. (Carl Ben) Eielson

    6. Alaska territorial and state legislator for 34 years
    Known as the “Arctic Lindbergh”
    Former chemistry professor, dean and provost at UAF
    Graduate of Harvard Medical School; appointed territorial governor of Alaska by President Franklin
    Professor at the Geophysical Institute from 1951 until 1970; moon crater named in his honor
    UAF alumnus and professor of geophysics from 1964 to 2007
    President of the University of Alaska from 1960 to 1973
    Founding director of the university’s Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in 1948 and of the IAB
    Chief Alaska geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924
    Managing director of the Geophysical Institute from 1952 to 1963; moon crater named in his honor

  6. (Christian T.) Elvey

    7. Alaska territorial and state legislator for 34 years
    Known as the “Arctic Lindbergh”
    Former chemistry professor, dean and provost at UAF
    Graduate of Harvard Medical School; appointed territorial governor of Alaska by President Franklin
    Professor at the Geophysical Institute from 1951 until 1970; moon crater named in his honor
    UAF alumnus and professor of geophysics from 1964 to 2007
    President of the University of Alaska from 1960 to 1973
    Founding director of the university’s Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in 1948 and of the IAB
    Chief Alaska geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924
    Managing director of the Geophysical Institute from 1952 to 1963; moon crater named in his honor

  7. (Laurence) Irving

    8. Alaska territorial and state legislator for 34 years
    Known as the “Arctic Lindbergh”
    Former chemistry professor, dean and provost at UAF
    Graduate of Harvard Medical School; appointed territorial governor of Alaska by President Franklin
    Professor at the Geophysical Institute from 1951 until 1970; moon crater named in his honor
    UAF alumnus and professor of geophysics from 1964 to 2007
    President of the University of Alaska from 1960 to 1973
    Founding director of the university’s Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in 1948 and of the IAB
    Chief Alaska geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924
    Managing director of the Geophysical Institute from 1952 to 1963; moon crater named in his honor

  8. (Ernest) Gruening

    9. Alaska territorial and state legislator for 34 years
    Known as the “Arctic Lindbergh”
    Former chemistry professor, dean and provost at UAF
    Graduate of Harvard Medical School; appointed territorial governor of Alaska by President Franklin
    Professor at the Geophysical Institute from 1951 until 1970; moon crater named in his honor
    UAF alumnus and professor of geophysics from 1964 to 2007
    President of the University of Alaska from 1960 to 1973
    Founding director of the university’s Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in 1948 and of the IAB
    Chief Alaska geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924
    Managing director of the Geophysical Institute from 1952 to 1963; moon crater named in his honor

  9. (Paul) Reichardt

    10. Alaska territorial and state legislator for 34 years
    Known as the “Arctic Lindbergh”
    Former chemistry professor, dean and provost at UAF
    Graduate of Harvard Medical School; appointed territorial governor of Alaska by President Franklin
    Professor at the Geophysical Institute from 1951 until 1970; moon crater named in his honor
    UAF alumnus and professor of geophysics from 1964 to 2007
    President of the University of Alaska from 1960 to 1973
    Founding director of the university’s Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in 1948 and of the IAB
    Chief Alaska geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924
    Managing director of the Geophysical Institute from 1952 to 1963; moon crater named in his honor

  10. (William R.) Wood Center

    11. Alaska territorial and state legislator for 34 years
    Known as the “Arctic Lindbergh”
    Former chemistry professor, dean and provost at UAF
    Graduate of Harvard Medical School; appointed territorial governor of Alaska by President Franklin
    Professor at the Geophysical Institute from 1951 until 1970; moon crater named in his honor
    UAF alumnus and professor of geophysics from 1964 to 2007
    President of the University of Alaska from 1960 to 1973
    Founding director of the university’s Naval Arctic Research Laboratory in 1948 and of the IAB
    Chief Alaska geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey from 1903 to 1924
    Managing director of the Geophysical Institute from 1952 to 1963; moon crater named in his honor

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