Sam White was born in 1891, one of nine children. He arrived in Alaska in 1922 as a member of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey team working for the International Boundary Survey before and after two years in the U.S. Army during World War I. Later he became an agent (game warden) for the Alaska Game Commission in 1927 and worked out of Fairbanks. He patroled the area northeast of Fairbanks by dog sled initially but in 1928 he learned to fly and became the first Alaska Game Commission warden to patrol by plane. An experienced bush pilot, White worked for the Commission until Sept. 1941. After he resigned, he stayed in Fairbanks and flew for Wien Airlines. In World War II he flew charter planes for the U.S. Air Force. After the war, he returned to fly in Alaska and retired in the early 1960s [From: Alaska Magazine, April 1977, p. 63].
From the description of Sam O. White photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1922-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 57299261
