Sheffield, a Democrat, served as governor from 1982 to 1986, when Alaska’s economy was booming from the explosion of oil field development on the North Slope.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska’s fifth governor Bill Sheffield died Friday. He was 94 years old.
Sheffield was born June 26, 1928, in Spokane, Washington, where his family lived on a farm during his childhood, according to a press release written by Margaret Pugh, Molly McCammon — former workers in the Sheffield administration — and Patty Ginsburg. Sheffield later joined the Jr. Chamber of Commerce, at the time known as the Jaycees, where he gained much of the political acumen and friendships that would later lead to a successful career in politics.
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