Frederick John Dyson (born January 16, 1939) was a

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member of the

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, serving since 2003. He represented District I from 2003 through 2012 until

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placed him in District F in 2013. District I contained the core community of Eagle River, where Dyson resides, and stretched across the northern edge of Anchorage municipal boundaries to

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, also including the core area of

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. After being redistricted again in 2012 he declined to run for reelection in 2014 against another incumbent,

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. Dyson formerly served in the

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from 1997 to 2003. Prior to that, he represented a district nearly identical to his current Senate district as a member of the Anchorage

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. Currently Dyson is the District 2, Seat C representative on the Anchorage Assembly, having won a first term in the general election on April 4, 2017. Dyson is a mechanical engineer, mariner and writer by profession. He wrote a column for the '' Anchorage Times'' for many years. He and his wife have raised over a dozen foster children. In fact, his first exposure in the political arena, prior to being elected to office, was as a public advocate for foster parenting. Dyson was born in

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. He graduated from

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in the Seattle area, and studied engineering at the

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. He moved to Alaska in 1964. He and his wife Jane, a retired therapist, have been married since 1966; they have three daughters.

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Project VoteSmart Profile

- Caucus Site - 2013-present

- Caucus Site - 2007-2012

- Caucus Site - 1996-2006
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Fred Dyson
at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Dyson, Fred 1939 births Republican Party Alaska state senators American mechanical engineers American sailors Anchorage Assembly members Engineers from Alaska Living people Republican Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives People from King County, Washington Politicians from Vancouver University of Washington College of Engineering alumni Writers from Anchorage, Alaska Writers from Vancouver 21st-century American politicians Highline High School alumni