Eileen Panigeo MacLean (June 12, 1949 – April 24, 1996) was an American politician and educator who served as a member of the
Alaska House of Representatives from 1989 to 1996.
Early life and education
MacLean was born in
Utqiaġvik,
Alaska Territory
The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, 1912, until Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, 1959. The territory was previously Russian America, 1784–1867; the ...
, and was
Iñupiaq. She graduated from
Mt. Edgecumbe High School
Mt. Edgecumbe High School (abbreviated MEHS) is a public boarding high school in Sitka, Alaska in the United States. Located on Japonski Island, across Sitka Harbor from the northwestern corner of downtown Sitka, the school is situated on a por ...
, in
Sitka, Alaska
russian: Ситка
, native_name_lang = tli
, settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough
, image_skyline = File:Sitka 84 Elev 135.jpg
, image_caption = Downtown Sitka in 1984
, image_size ...
, in 1968. MacLean received her bachelor's degree in elementary education from
University of Alaska Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public land-grant research university in College, Alaska, a suburb of Fairbanks. It is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system. UAF was established in 1917 and opened for cla ...
in 1975 and her master's degree in education from
University of Copenhagen
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in 1983.
Career
MacLean worked as a junior high school teacher and was involved in the real estate business. MacLean served on the North Slope Borough Assembly and on the North Slope School Board. She was a
Democrat
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Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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. MacLean served in the
Alaska House of Representatives from 1989 until her r