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Honorary Degree Recipients The honorary degree recipients were selected for significant achievements that have brought distinction to their academic or professional careers, and for their lasting contributions to the state and the nation. Corey Flintoff was selected to receive a Doctor of Humane Letters and to serve as the commencement keynote speaker.
Salmon
has
had
a
life-long
interest
in
education
and
sharing
his
cultural
knowledge
with
others
through
programs
such
as
UAF's
Elder
in
Residence
program
and
the
Academy
of
Elders,
an
intense
immersion
program
for
certified
teachers
intent
on
developing
K-12
curriculum
and
teacher
training
programs.
Salmon
has
collaborated
extensively
with
UAF's
anthropology
department
and
has
been
a
Geist
lecturer
at
the
University
of
Alaska
Museum
for
the
past
five
summers.
Salmon
is
considered
a
master
toolmaker
and
his
tools,
fish
traps
and
canoes
are
on
display
at
the
museum
and
in
other
university
buildings.
Salmon
is
a
founding
member
of
Denakkanaaga
nonprofit
elders'
organization.
In
January,
the
David
Salmon
Tribal
Hall
was
opened
in
Fairbanks
and
dedicated
by
TCC
in
recognition
of
a
lifetime
of
service.
Salmon
will
receive
an
Honorary
Doctor
of
Laws.
Burns
has
had
a
long
collaboration
with
Alaska
Native
peoples
in
the
Bering
Strait
region.
In
1991,
he
was
appointed
by
then
Gov.
Walter
Hickel
to
a
special
team
to
try
to
resolve
the
subsistence
issue
in
Alaska.
During
the
Cold
War,
Burns
helped
establish
an
agreement
with
the
former
Soviet
Union
on
environmental
protection. Throughout his career he has maintained close relationships with students and faculty at UAF. He currently sits on the board of the University of Alaska Press. Burns will receive an Honorary Doctor of Science. |
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University Relations
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Athabascan
elder
Rev.
David
Salmon,
traditional
chief
of
Chalkyitsik
and
second
chief
of
Interior
Alaska
villages
with
the
Tanana
Chiefs
Conference,
just
celebrated
his
90th
birthday,
was
the
first
Gwich'in
to
be
ordained
as
a
priest
in
the
Episcopal
Church
where
he
served
for
more
than
42
years.
John
Burns,
a
marine
mammals
biologist,
retired
from
the
Alaska
Department
of
Fish
and
Game
in
1986
and
started
a
research
consulting
firm,
Living
Resources,
Inc.
Shortly
after
coming
to
Alaska
as
a
graduate
student
in
1960,
Burns
began
studies
of
walrus
and
seals
associated
with
sea
ice
in
the
Bering
and
Chukchi
seas.
In
nearly
40
years
of
work,
Burns
has
produced
more
than
100
papers
and
reports
that
have
contributed
to
the
understanding
of
biology
of
marine
mammals
in
the
subarctic
and
Arctic.