Alaire Evelyn Stanton

Background

Stanton, Alaire Evelyn was born on October 15, 1935 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Came to the United States, 1941. Daughter of S.A. and Pearl A. (Knutson) Carlson.

Education

Student, Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, 1953; student, University Alaska, Ketchikan, 1972-1974.

Career

Legislation aide, Alaska House of Representatives, Juneau, 1982-1984; member county, City of Ketchikan, 1984-1987, 89-91; mayor, since 1991; finance manager, Rainbird Broadcasting Corporation, since 1988.

Achievements

• Alaire Evelyn Stanton has been listed as a noteworthy Mayor, broadcasting company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Ketchikan-Gateway Brough School Board, 1971-1980, president, 1972-1977. President Alaska Association School Boards, 1976-1978, Pacific region National School Boards Association, 1977, Southeast Conference, Juneau, 1993-1994. Member Alaska Board Education, 1980-1983, Governor's Commission for Administration Justice, 1978-1980.

Secretary-treasurer Alaska Conference Mayors, 1992-1994, vice president, 1994-1995, president since 1995.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, travel, needlework.

Connections

Married Roland Jaqua Stanton, September 12, 1953. Children: Bruce A., Myra J. Stanton Zelensky, Ralph G., Loren K.

Father:

S.A. Carlson

Mother:

Pearl A. (Knutson) Carlson

Spouse:

Roland Jaqua Stanton

child:

Loren K. Stanton

child:

Bruce A. Stanton

child:

Ralph G. Stanton

child:

Myra J. Stanton Zelensky Stanton