100 Years of Alaska's Legislature
"From Territorial Days to Today"


1913 to 2013

Juneau, Alaska

State & Territorial



Jay Hammond

OCCUPATION:Commercial Fisherman, Pilot and Guide from Naknek

EMPLOYMENT:Apprentice Guide, Fisherman, Hunter, Trapper, Rainy Pass; Fisherman, Hunter, US Fish & Wildlife Service; Established Air Taxi Service; Registered Game Guide; Owner, Fishing Lodge, Wood River Lakes; Owner, Lake Clark Lodge; Commercial Fisherman; Adviser, International North Pacific Fisheries Commission;
Manager, Bristol Bay Borough;
Manager, Bristol Bay Borough;
Mayor, Naknek;
Governor, Alaska, 1974

BIRTH DATE/PLACE:07/21/1922;
Troy, New York

EDUCATION:High School: Scotia, New York College/University: Pennsylvania State University College/University: University of Alaska, Bachelors of Science, 1948

SPOUSE:Bella Gardiner

CHILDREN:Heidi, Dana

MILITARY SERVICE:U.S. Marine Air Corps, Fighter Pilot, 4 Years, 1942-46

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS:Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; Member Alaska Airmen's Association