Bill Sheffield, a Democrat who served as Alaska’s fifth governor and survived a brush with impeachment during a decades-long career in public service, died Friday at his Anchorage home. He was 94.
Former Gov. Bill Sheffield on July 14, 2000, when he was president of the Alaska Railroad.
A gifted salesman, Sheffield overcame a profound stutter on his way to founding a chain of 19 hotels, which were eventually sold to Holland America Line in 1987 and operate today as Westmark Hotels. The 1964 Good Friday earthquake damaged one hotel in downtown Anchorage but it was repaired.
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