Newspaperman Who Helped Craft Alaska Constitution Dies at 95

By: George Sundborg Sr., a former newspaperman who helped craft the Alaska Constitution, has died. He was 95.

He died Saturday from pneumonia in Seattle, said his son, George Sundborg Jr. The Alaska House and Senate paused for a moment of silence Monday in his honor.

"We will be forever grateful for Mr. Sundborg's guidance in creating a document that is regarded as one of the finest constitutions in the United States," Gov. Sarah Palin said.

Mr. Sundborg was one of 55 delegates who gathered for 75 days in a University of Alaska Fairbanks basement in 1955 to craft a state constitution.