100 Years of Alaska's Legislature
"From Territorial Days to Today"
1913 to 2013
Juneau, Alaska
State & Territorial
Benjamin Nageak
Biography:PLACE OF BIRTH: Kaktovik, Alaska
NAME OF SPOUSE: Violet M. Nageak (Bonnie)
CHILDREN’S NAMES: Eva Nageak, Robert
Nageak, and Perry
Nageak (deceased)
Occupation: Administrator
LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN ALASKA: 64 years
ALASKAN COMMUNITIES LIVED IN:
Kaktovik, AK 1950-1956
Barrow, AK 1956-present
EDUCATION:
Mt. Edgecumbe High School 1965-1969 High School
Diploma
Military Service:
United States Army, two years 1970-1972, Acting
Sergeant E-4
POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENT POSITIONS:
Alaska State House of Representatives; Co-Chair
House Community and Regional Affairs Committee;
Health and Social Services Committee; Sub Committee
for Finance on Education, Courts and Judges, and
University of Alaska System; Alaska Arctic Policy
Commission; Assemblyman and Mayor of the North
Slope Borough; Vice-Chair Alaska Board of Game;
Alaska Boundary Commission
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
Board Member of Uqpiagvik Inupiat Corporation;
President RurAL CAP; Co-Owner B&B Associates
SERVICE ORGANIZATION(S) MEMBERSHIP:
Chairman Eskimo Walrus Commission; Founding Chair
of Indigenous Peoples Council on Marine Mammals;
Elder Utqiagvik Presbyterian Church
SPECIAL INTERESTS:
Rolling Stones Fan! Love to listen to music, reading,
fishing, and being with family and friends.