Howard and Mabel Jonish first came to Alaska in the early 1940s. Howard Jonish was a construction engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, from 1944 to 1965. He was project engineer at Nome (1944-1950), Cape Lisburne (1951-1953), Sparrevohn Air Force Base (1957-1958), Driftwood Bay DEW Line Extension (1958-1959), and resident engineer at Ladd-Eielson Air Force Base (1953-1957), Clear BMEWS (1959), Fort Greely (1960, 1962), and Fort Wainwright (1963-1965). Howard and Mabel Jonish made several trips on the Alcan and Alaska highways, as well as the Richardson, Steese, and other highways in Alaska. The Jonishes left Alaska upon Howard Jonish's retirement in 1965 and moved to Washington. Howard Jonish died in 1982 and Mabel Jonish died in 1993.
From the description of Papers, 1910-1989. (UAA/APU Consortium Library). WorldCat record id: 58845748
