McLaughlin, George B. (George Beatty), 1924-

George M. McLaughlin was born in Hempstead, New York in 1914. He received a B.A. degree from St. Peter's College in New Jersey in 1936, and a law degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1938. He had a private law practice in Anchorage from 1949 to 1958. McLaughlin also served as Anchorage City Magistrate (1952-1955), delegate to the Alaska Constitutional Convention (1955-1956), board member of the Cook Inlet Historical Society (1955-1958), founder of the Alaska Igloo of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Lieutenant Colonel of the 207th Infantry Battalion of the Alaska Army National Guard, and was on the Alaska Territorial Board of Juvenile Institutions. George McLaughlin was also active in the Democratic party in Alaska. He died of a heart attack at home in Anchorage on June 23, 1958. The McLaughlin Youth Center in Anchorage was named in his memory.