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Majority Whip
Representative Richard Foster
District 38 - Democrat, Nome

Room 410
465-3789 / 1-800-478-3789 / fax 465-3242
Interim address: P.O. Box 1630 Nome, AK 99762-1630
Nome interim phone: 443-5036 / fax 443-2162 / 443-5555 (Nome LIO)
Anchorage interim phone: 269-0272 / fax 269-0273
Staff: Bob Walsh, Larry Labolle
Personal: Born Aug. 9, 1946, in Nome. Spouse: Cathy; nine children. Alaska resident: lifelong.
Education: Nome High School; University of Alaska Fairbanks, B.B.A., Economics.
Military service: Captain, U.S. Army Military Intelligence, three years, Vietnam.
Occupation: Retired, Air Taxi; board member, Sitnasuak Native Corp.; Bering Straits Native Corp.; former board member, Nome Eskimo Community (IRA).
Legislature/committees: House, 1989-present; member, Finance Committee; majority whip 1991-present.
Former/other: Chairman, Transportation; co-chairman, Finance Committee; member, Special Committee on Military and Veterans' Affairs, Committee on Committees, Bush Caucus; chairman, Sitnasuak Native Corp.; former board member, Bering Strait Native Corp., Nome Community Center.
Interests: Study of military history; raising children; enjoying the country; Nome Hospital; Northwest Community College; Rotary and Lions clubs; Pioneer Igloo No. 1; Federal Selective Service Board; Nome Planning and Zoning Commission; Nome School Board and City Council.