Mary Katherine Hughes

Background

Hughes, Mary Katherine was born on July 16, 1949 in Kodiak, Alaska, United States. Daughter of John Chamberlain and Marjorie Hughes.

Education

Graduate Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1971.

Career

Bar: Alaska 1975. Partner, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, 1974-1995, member management committee, 1991-1992;municipal attorney Municipality of Anchorage, 1995. trustee Alaska Bar Foundation, president, 1984-1998. Board visitors College of Law, 1980. Trustee Willamette University, 1997.

Board directors Alaska Repertory Theatre, 1986-1988, president, 1987-1988.

Commissioner Alaska Code Revision Commission, 1987-1994. Member U. Alaska Foundation, 1985, trustee, 1990.

Board visiting U. Alaska Fairbanks, 1994. Board directors Anchorage Economics Development Corporation, 1989, chairman 1994.

Member of advisory board Providence Health Sys., 1993.

Board directors Providence Alaska Foundation, 1998. Lawyer representative 9th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1995.

Achievements

• Mary Katherine Hughes has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member Alaska Bar Association (Board of Governors 1981-1984, president 1983-1984), Anchorage Association Women Lawyers (president 1976-1977), International Lawyers Association (state chair 1995-1997, regional vice president 1997), American Association of University Women, Delta Theta Phi. Club: Soroptimists (vice president 1986-1987, president 1986-1987).

Connections

Married Andrew H. Eker, July 7, 1982.

Father:

John Chamberlain Hughes

Mother:

Marjorie Hughes

Spouse:

Andrew H. Eker