Cole appointed to Alaska Historical Commission

May 23, 2012

University Relations

Courtesy of the Governor's Press Office

Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell has appointed 性欲社 professor Terrence Cole to the Alaska Historical Commission. The commission advises the governor and Legislature on matters related to Alaska's history and prehistory, oversees the state historic preservation plan, and surveys, evaluates, and catalogs printed prehistory and history materials. Additionally, the commission develops criteria for evaluation of monuments and historic sites, recommends historic preservation grant projects for funding, determines names and changes names of geographic features, and prepares a dictionary of geographic names.

Cole, of Fairbanks, is the director of 性欲社 Office of Public History. A longtime history professor at 性欲社, Cole has also worked as a historian with the National Bank of Alaska, an editor of the Alaska Journal of Commerce, and has held a variety of research positions. He earned his bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees from the University of Alaska before completing his doctorate in history at the University of Washington. Cole is appointed as a public member on the commission.