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Collection Name	Morris Thompson Collection
Identifier	UAF-2000-41-3
Title	Studio Portrait, Morris Thompson.
Description	Title by indexer . This is a half-length black and white portrait photograph of Morris Thompson (1939-2000). Thompson an Athabascan was born and raised in the Yukon River village of Tanana. A well respected leader, he had served his community in number of ways and had held various prominent positions. During the Nixon era, he was Governor Hickel's deputy director of the rural development agency. Beginning in 1970 and through 1978, he had served as an Area director and later as a commissioner, of U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Thompson was also a member of the University Of Alaska Board Of Regents between 1989 and 1993. After having retired from his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Doyon Ltd; and on a trip back from vacation in Mexico, Thompson, his wife, Thelma, and daughter, Sheryl, were all killed in the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, on January 31, 2000.
Subject.TGM	Portraits Universities & colleges Government officials Business people
Subject.Local	Alaska Natives--Interior Alaska--Athabascan
Personal Name	Thompson, Morris M., 1939-2000
Region	Alaska
Time Period	1959 and later
Type	Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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