Steve Cowper

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Steve Cowper
Cowper in 1990
6th Governor of Alaska
In office
December 1, 1986 – December 3, 1990
LieutenantSteve McAlpine
Preceded byBill Sheffield
Succeeded byWally Hickel
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
from the 20th district
In office
January 20, 1975 – January 14, 1979
Preceded byMulti-member district
Succeeded byMulti-member district
Personal details
Born
Stephen Cambreleng Cowper

(1938-08-21) August 21, 1938 (age 85)
Army Medical Corps
United States Army Reserve

Stephen Cambreleng Cowper (born August 21, 1938) is an American

governor of Alaska from 1986 to 1990. He was governor during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill
.

Cowper is the CEO of Steve Cowper & Associates. He has also served on the boards of multiple energy-related companies in the US and Canada.

Early life and career

Cowper was born in 1938 in

maritime lawyer in Norfolk, Virginia, for three years.[1] Cowper moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1968 and served as assistant district attorney for rural Alaska and Fairbanks.[1]

In 1970, Cowper went to

University of Alaska[clarification needed] marine research team.[1]

Political career

Cowper during his second term in the Alaska House of Representatives.

In 1974, Cowper was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives, where he served two terms.[2] During his time in the House, he served as chairman of the Finance Committee (1977–1978), chairman of the Steering Council on Alaska Lands (1978), a member of the Subsistence Committee (1977–1978), and a member of the Alaska Advisory Committee for the Law of the Sea Conference (1978). In 1982, Cowper ran for governor, but narrowly lost the Democratic nomination to Bill Sheffield, who went on to win the general election.[2]

Governor of Alaska (1986–1990)

Cowper ran for governor again in 1986, and defeated incumbent Sheffield in the August 26 primary by a 2–1 margin.

Joe Vogler.[2]

Once in office, Cowper proposed reestablishing the state

University of Alaska's international study program, hoped to establish an International Trade Center, and placed emphasis on the teaching of foreign languages and culture in state schools. In early 1989, he announced that he would not seek reelection in 1990, a decision considered a surprise by some observers.[2]

Post-governorship

After serving as governor, Cowper served as a visiting fellow at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1991, and was a Co-Chairman of the Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference in 1994 and 1997.[3]

Since 1991, he has been the CEO of Steve Cowper & Associates, a group that advises companies and governments on energy-related initiatives. He has also served on the boards of multiple energy-related companies in the US and Canada. As of 2010, Cowper lived in Austin, Texas with his third wife and family.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Alaska Governor Steve Cowper". nga.org. National Governors Association. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e Marie Marmo Mullaney. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1988-1994, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Former Alaska Gov Steve Cowper joins Knowledge Ops as Senior Fellow for Government Affairs". ogfj.com. Retrieved May 12, 2013.

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Preceded by Democratic nominee for Governor of Alaska
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