Hewitt V. "Hoots" Lounsbury (February 22, 1911 – January 9, 1971) was an American engineer and politician. Lounsbury served as the

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Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...

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from 1958 to 1959, following the resignation of

Anton Anderson Anton Albert Andrew Anderson (1892–1960) was chief engineer of the Alaska Railroad and served as Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1956 to 1958. He has been called "Mr. Alaska Railroad". Biography Anderson was born in Upper Moonlight, New Zeala ...

for health reasons. Hewitt V. Lounsbury was born in

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on February 22, 1911. He came to the then- territory of Alaska in May 1944 with the

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. In 1949, he founded Lounsbury and Associates, a surveying and engineering firm. He died at the age of 59 on January 9, 1971, in

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. He had three sons with his wife, Ester: Loren H., Joel and Jon. Loren Lounsbury followed in his father's footsteps in both business and politics. He opened up his own engineering and surveying firm, has served on the board of directors of

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since 1976, and also briefly served in the gubernatorial cabinet of

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Alaska's Digital Archives
The Anchorage city council, as photographed by Ward W. Wells at their September 29, 1959 meeting. Mayor Lounsbury is at center.

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