Charles Ernest Bunnell (January 12, 1878 – November 1, 1956) was a judge for the

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and the

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's first president, from 1921 to 1949. He ran for Alaska Territorial Delegate to Congress on the Democratic Party ticket in 1914, but was defeated. He was appointed to his judgeship January 15, 1915Register of the Department of Justice
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, serving as judge on the US Territorial Court in

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for seven years. On August 11, 1921 Bunnell was appointed the president of the newly created Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, which later became the

. He served in this capacity for 27 years, through a great amount of expansion, and the Alaska constitutional convention. The Bunnell Building, built in 1959 on the

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campus, is named after him. The first presidential residence, built in 1921, was replaced by the current chancellor's residence in 1954. The original structure was moved in 1958, becoming the Bunnell House Early Childhood Lab School. A statue was constructed of Bunnell in Cornerstone Plaza, in the center of campus.

References

*''Farthest North College President: Charles E. Bunnell and the Early History of the University of Alaska.'' 1972. William R. Cashen.

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: Fairbanks.
"Founding President Charles E. Bunnell"

"New Bunnell Building Will Honor First University of Alaska President"

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bunnell, Charles 1878 births 1956 deaths Alaska Democrats Alaska Territory judges 20th-century American judges American Episcopalians Bucknell University alumni Leaders of the University of Alaska Fairbanks