George Harold Hohman, Jr. (June 2, 1932 – November 20, 2006) was an American teacher and Alaskan politician.

Biography

Born in

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, Hohman moved with his family to Glennie, Michigan and then graduated from high school in

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in 1950. In 1952, Hohman served in the

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and studied the Russian language. In 1954, Hohman was sent to Fort Richardson in

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...

to study the Russian language and how this influenced the Native Alaskan language. After his service in the United States Army, Hohman graduated from Michigan State University. In 1962, he moved back to Alaska and settled in

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where he became a teacher. From 1967 to 1973, Hohman served in the

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and was a

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. Then, from 1973 to 1981, Hohman served in the

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. In 1981, he was accused of accepting a bribe to use his influence to get state appropriations to buy a CL215 water-bomber aircraft for fighting forest fires. He was also charged with attempting to bribe State Representative Russ Meekins, Jr, to assist him. Hohman Jr. was found guilty of felonious bribery and receiving a bribe and was sentenced to 3 years in prison with two years suspended and fined $30,000. As a convicted felon he expelled from the Alaska Senate. Hohman died from cancer at a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska.Project Jukebox- University of Alaska Fairbanks
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