Lorene Harrison

Background

Lorene Cuthbertson was born in 1905. She was born in Sterling, Kansas.

Education

She attended Sterling College in Kansas.

Career

In 2009, she was inaugurated into the Alaska Women"s Hall of Fame. In 1928, she relocated to Anchorage, Alaska. She was a teacher, teaching music and home economics.

She would have two children with Jack: Carol Ann and Peggy.

She sang frequently, performing at private and public events like weddings and funerals. A lobby at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts was named after Harrison in 1988.

Harrison lived in the Anchorage Pioneer Home. In 2000, a biography was published about her titled, Mostly Music: The Biography of Alaskan Cultural Pioneer Lorene Harrison, which was written by Dianne Barske.

Before her death, a gala was held in her honor at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts.

She died in 2005. She is buried in the Pioneer Tract area of the Anchorage Memorial Park. In 2009, she was inaugurated into the Alaska Women"s Hall of Fame.

Achievements

• The Anchorage Cultural Council has an award named after her, which is awarded for lifetime achievements in the arts