Members of Alaska's political leadership lauded the late U.S. Rep. Don Young at a public memorial to celebrate his life.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at U.S. Rep. Don Young's memorial service at the Anchorage Baptist Temple, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska.
“Don was one who could not only count the years in his life, but he could count the life in his years. He lived a great life, it was full. He lived those 88 years to the fullest,” U.S., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said at the memorial in Anchorage Baptist Temple. U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, beamed with pride about how Young pushed an amendment through Congress during his first term that helped begin the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
“We shared him every single day with every Alaskan and with people across the world who looked to him for leadership,” she said. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday called Young an “endearing colleague” who had a gruff demeanor and often a colorful vocabulary. But she said he was a “serious legislator, a very serious legislator” and a “dogged, determined champion for Alaska in th House.”A total of 51 candidates — including former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin — filed by Friday's deadline to run in a special election to complete Young's unexpired term, which ends in January.
Young was born on June 9, 1933, in Meridian, California, and grew up on a family farm. He earned a bachelor’s degree in teaching at Chico State College, now known as California State University, Chico, in 1958. He also served in the U.S. Army, according to his official biography.
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