Alaska State Legislature
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Jerry Ritter, Press Secretary (907) at 465-3804
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Juneau, AK 99801
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House Passes Bill Honoring Alaska Journalist and Leader
Bank of America Building would be Named after Robert B. Atwood

For Immediate Release: February 6, 1998 Contact: Rep. John Cowdery at (907 )465-3879.

(JUNEAU) -- The House today passed House Bill 309, which would name the recently acquired state office building at 550 West Seventh Avenue in Anchorage the Robert B. Atwood Building. The measure now goes to the Senate for consideration.

Representative John Cowdery (R-Anchorage) is the measure's prime sponsor.

"Bob Atwood spent over fifty continuous years as publisher of The Anchorage Times. His endeavors, accomplishments, and influence reached all corners of Alaska, "Cowdery said. "His priorities were focused not on himself, but on bettering of the community and state.

The building, currently named the Bank of America Building, would be renamed effective March 31, 2002, or earlier if a lessee and the state agree to a new name before that date.

"Some people talk about other people. Some people talk about things. Great people talk about ideas," Cowdery said. "Robert Atwood was a man full of ideas and dreams for the state he loved and he never stopped doing good for Alaska.."

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