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Justice Jay Rabinowitz |
2001-95 |
Judges of Alaska |
Justice Jay Rabinowitz was interviewed on April 11, 2000 by Ronald Inouye in Juneau, Alaska. Jay Rabinowitz was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1927, and grew up in New York City. He served in the military in World War II and graduated from Harvard Law School. He came to Alaska in 1957 as a law clerk for territorial judge, Vernon Forbes. He served on the Alaska Supreme Court from 1965-1998, with four terms as Chief Justice. In this interview, Justice Rabinowitz talks about his family background, the territorial judicial system, the Judicial Council and state system for judicial appointment and retention, rural justice and tribal sovereignty, setting up Alaska’s early court and legal system, serving on the Alaska Supreme Court, balancing work and family, his legal philosophy and views on inequity, and his legacy on the Supreme Court. Justice Rabinowitz was also interviewed in October 1982. This interview is available at the Joint Archives of the Alaska Court System and the Alaska Bar Association, Alaska State Court Law Library, Boney Courthouse, Anchorage, Alaska (907) 264-0585/(888) 282-2082 and at the Oral History Collection, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks, (907) 474-6773.
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Chuck West |
85-100, Parts 1 & 2 |
Pioneer Aviators |
Chuck West was interviewed on February 4, 1985 by Ron Inouye in Seattle, Washington. In this interview, Chuck discusses how he became interested in aviation and tourism, how he got the idea to combine them, the history of his company "Westours", and his fifty year involvement in the Alaska tourism industry. He also talks about flying in China during World War II. This is an excerpt of the original longer interview. For full interview, see complete transcripts of ORAL HISTORY 85-100, Part 1 and ORAL HISTORY 85-100, Part 2.
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