Bullock, Edith R.

Edith Rose Bullock (1903-1994), a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska from 1967 to 1975, was the first woman honored as "Alaskan of the Year," in 1979. Mrs. Bullock founded the B & R Tug and Barge Company at Kotzebue in 1951 with two others and eventually became manager and principal owner of the company, which developed into the largest freighting firm north of the Arctic Circle. She served two terms in the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives and one in the Territorial Senate. She was the first woman to serve as the director of the State Chamber of Commerce. In 1976, she was given an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree by the University.