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


1913 to 2013

Juneau, Alaska

State & Territorial



Wendell Kay

OCCUPATION:Lawyer from Anchorage

OTHER:Candidate, Governor, Alaska, 1966

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS:Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon; Member, Phi Delta Phi; Member, Order of the Coif; Member, Masons; Member, Elks; Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States; Member, American Legion; Member, Amvets; Member, American Bar Association; Member, Anchorage Bar Association

BIRTH DATE/PLACE:04/17/1913;
Watseka, Illinois

EDUCATION:Public School: Watseka, Illinois College/University: DePauw University, Bachelor of Arts, 1935; Northwestern University, Doctor of Jurisprudence, Magna Cum Laude, 1938

SPOUSE:Agnes Avery Fountain

CHILDREN:George R., Bronwen, Margaret Susannah, Wendy Kathleen, Edward James

EMPLOYMENT:Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C.;
Private Law Practice, Centralia, Illinois;
City Attorney, Centralia, Illinois;
Regional Attorney, Bureau of Land Management, Portland, Oregon; Executive Director, Alaska State Housing Authority; Private Law Practice, Anchorage, Alaska

MILITARY SERVICE:US Army, 3 years, 1942-1945