Alaska Business Hall of Fame.

• Position: Junior Achievement[R] of Alaska

Junior Achievement of Alaska's mission is to educate and inspire young people to succeed in a global economy. Program materials are made available at no cost to teachers and schools and are presented by volunteers from the business community. Junior Achievement program materials are hands-on, activity based, and emphasize the pillars of Junior Achievement: Financial Literacy, Workforce Readiness, and Entpreneurship.

Established in 1973, Junior Achievement of Alaska serves more than 9,204 K-12 students in fifty-three Alaska communities on an annual basis. An investment of $49 is all it takes to provide Junior Achievement to a student in Alaska.

In 1987, Junior Achievement of Alaska began the Alaska Business Hall of Fame to honor outstanding individuals of Alaska business. Since then, the Hall of Fame has become one of the state's most prestigious events, inducting new Laureates on an annual basis. Every year on the last Thursday in January, Junior Achievement welcomes local business leaders into the Alaska Business Hall of Fame. Individuals are nominated and selected based on their outstanding contributions to the Alaska economy and their demonstrated commitment toward Junior Achievement's mission of educating and inspiring young people to succeed in a global economy.

Junior Achievement of Alaska and Alaska Business Monthly are the Title sponsors of the Alaska Business Hall of Fame. Alaska Business Monthly features an interview and biography of each of the Laureates in the January issue each year, which is distributed at the event. This prestigious distinction recognizes individuals who have made important contributions to Alaska business.

The Alaska Business Hall of Fame pays tribute to the past, present, and future of Alaska Business, honoring new inductees on an annual basis. Individuals are selected by a group of their peers and recognized for outstanding contributions to Alaska's economy. Laureates of the Alaska Business Hall of Fame Class of 2016 join more than one hundred previously inducted business leaders in Alaska. This event is annually attended by about five hundred of Alaska's top business representatives, and features presentations from Junior Achievement students, the induction of the new Laureates, the recognition of the Junior Achievement Educator and Volunteer of the Year, and celebrates free enterprise education in Alaska.

In addition to honoring the Laureates, the Alaska Business Hall of Fame is a fundraiser for Junior Achievement of Alaska.

Alaska Business Hall of Fame

Past Laureates

* Don Abel Jr., 1996

* Jacob Adams, 2002

* Bill Allen, 1995

* Bob & Betty Allen, 2001

* Will Anderson, 2012

* Eleanor Andrews, 2001

* Robert Atwood, 1988

* The Bailey Family, 2010

* Bernard M. Behrends, 1987

* Earl H. Beistline, 1998

* Jim Binkley, 1989

* Bill Bishop, 1994

* Jim Bowles, 2011

* Carl Brady, 1990

* Carl F. Brady Jr., 2004

* Alvin O. Bramstedt Sr., 1991

* Charles H. Brewster, 1999

* Brice Family, 2011

* W. Brindle, 1993

* Margie Brown, 2009

* Edith Bullock, 1987

* Jim Campbell, 2006

* Larry Carr, 1988

* Richard Cattanach, 2008

* Frank Chapados, 1991

* John B. "Jack" Coghill, 2006

* Jack J. Conway, 1995

* William A. Corbus, 1999

* Ron Cosgrave, 2007

* D.H. Cuddy, 1993

* Bob Dindinger, 2012

* Don Donatello, 1995

* The Doyle Family, 2014

* Ron Duncan, 2007

* Oscar & Peggy Dyson, 1992

* Ken Eichner, 1990

* Andrew Eker, 2009

* Mark Eliason, 2013

* Carl Erickson, 1999

* Arnold G...