Public forum on the gas pipeline

The University of Alaska Anchorage has announced a public forum entitled “The Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline: What’s It All About?” to examine important issues relating to the proposed gas pipeline. Arranged by the university’s Institute of Social and Economic Research and the International Association of Energy Economists, the forum will take place on Nov. 29 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in UAA’s Wendy Williamson Auditorium.

Jim Whittaker, Fairbanks North Star Borough mayor; Jim Clark, chief of staff for Gov. Murkowski; and Joe Marushack, ConocoPhillips Alaska will present at the forum. Larry Persily, Anchorage Daily News; Judy Brady, Alaska Oil and Gas Association; Jim Sampson, AFL-CIO; and Rose Helens-Hart and Lindsay Eberhardt, UAA Speech and Debate team members, will question the presenters.

UAA Chancellor Emeritus Lee Gorsuch will moderate.

This will be the first of a series of public policy forums funded by the Lee Gorsuch Public Policy Fund, an endowment within the University of Alaska Foundation. The endowment was created upon Gorsuch’s retirement from the university to recognize Gorsuch’s contributions to public policy analysis in the state of Alaska. The annual income from the endowment will provide financial support for one or more annual events, each addressing an important or emerging public policy issue in the state.

You can make tax-deductible contributions to the endowment at http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/giving/givingform.cfm or by mailing a check for the Lee Gorsuch Public Policy Fund to the UAA Office of Development, 3211 Providence Dr., Admin Bldg., Ste 236, Anchorage, AK 99508.

—Alan Bailey