Date/Place of Birth:
December 4, 1929
Mt. View, California

Residency in Alaska:
Umiat 1950 - 1951
Fairbanks 1951 - present

Occupation:
Retired Dentist

Family:
Wife - Mary Jane
Children - Janine, Jennifer, Julie, Al H. Woods
Twelve Grandchildren

Education:
La Grande High School, La Grande, OR: Graduated 1948
University of Washington, Seattle: 1948 - 1949
University of Alaska, Anchorage: 1954 - 1957
University of Oregon, Eugene: 1958 - 1959
   - B.S. in General Sciences
Dental School, D.M.D.: 1962

Military Service: 2 years service
U.S. Army Signal, Corporal

Alaska State House of Representatives: 2001 - present
Finance Committee: 2004 - present
Co-Chair, Resources Committee: 2003
Vice-Chair, Legislative Budget & Audit Joint
     Committee: 2001 - 2002
Vice-Chair, Resources Committee: 2001 - 2002
Vice-Chair, State Affairs: 2001 - 2002
Vice-Chair, Special Committee on Oil and Gas:
     2001 - 2002
Transportation Committee: 2003
Special Committee on Oil and Gas: 2003
Special Committee on Military & Veterans' Affairs:
     2003
Finance Subcommittees:
   - Chair, Community & Economic Development: 2004 - present
   - Chair, Fish & Game: 2004 - present
   - Education & Early Development: 2003
   - Fish & Game: 2001 - 2003
   - Natural Resources: 2003
   - University of Alaska: 2003
   - Transportation & Public Facilities: 2001 - 2002
   - Revenue: 2001 - 2002

Political and Government Positions:
Former President, University of Alaska Board of
     Regents
Trustee, University of Alaska Foundation
Vice-Chair, Alaska Republican Party
Chair, Republican District 33
Former President, Alaska State Board of Dental
     Examiners
Alaska Local Boundary Commission
Chair, Alaska Land Use Council Advisory Committee
Governor’s Task Force on Rural Hire
Former Executive Committee Member
   - Alaska State Chamber of Commerce Board of
     Directors
Former Chair, Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce
Member, North Pole Chamber of Commerce

Business and Professional Positions:
Retired Dentist
Real Estate Developer
Heavy Equipment Operator/Oil Driller
Commercial Fisherman
Gold Miner
Former President, Alaska Dental Society

Service Organizations and Community Involvement:
Rotary Club
Pioneer Igloo #4
Diplomat International College of Dentists

Awards & Recognitions:
Honorary Doctorate of Public Service: 1988
   - University of Alaska

Special Interests:
Family, Private Pilot, Land/Sea Instruments, Author, Former Dogmusher

Publications:
Proceedings: Man's Health in Changing Environment, May 20, 1970
   - DHEW Pub. #(HSM) 72-10001
Athabascan - 'The Quest' Alaska Northwest Publishing Co.,
   - Alaska Geographic Nov. 3, 1979; Vol.6 #3

biography last updated 2/2/2004

Member:
Finance Committee

Finance Subcommittees:
Chair, Community & Economic Development
Chair, Fish & Game