George M. Sullivan

George Murray Sullivan (March 31, 1922 – September 23, 2009) was an American politician who served as the 26th mayor of the City of Anchorage from 1967 to 1975 and the 1st mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage from 1975 to 1981. Early life His father was Harvey Sullivan, a U.S. District Marshal who had followed the Chilkoot Trail in 1898 to join the Klondike Gold Rush. Sullivan was born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Valdez, Alaska, then the location of the federal court for the Third Judicial District of the Territory of Alaska. His mother was elected mayor in 1934. During the summer of 1937, he lied about his age in order to obtain a job at the Kennecott Mines; he was only 15, and the minimum age was 16. After graduating from Valdez High School, Sullivan went on to join the United States Army during World War II and served in the Aleutian Islands.