Dana Fabe

Dana Anderson Fabe (born March 29, 1951) has been a member of the Alaska Supreme Court since March 1996. She has served two terms as the court's Chief Justice (2000–2003, 2006–2009). She was the first woman to be appointed to the Alaska Supreme Court and the Alaska Supreme Court's first female Chief Justice.

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, she grew up in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood and attended The Seven Hills School. She attended Cornell University (BA 1973) and Northeastern University School of Law (JD 1976), before moving to Alaska in the 1970s.^[1]

Following the retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, U.S. Senator Mark Begich recommended her as a possible successor in a letter to President Barack Obama.^[2]

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External links

• Dana Fabe info at Alaskan Judicial Council at the Wayback Machine (archived January 17, 2006)

Current statewide political officials of Alaska U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R) Dan Sullivan (R) U.S. Representative Don Young (R), Representative at-large State government Bill Walker (I), Governor Byron Mallott (I), Lieutenant Governor Craig Richards, Attorney General State Senate Kevin Meyer (R), President John Coghill (R), Majority Leader Berta Gardner (D), Minority Leader State House Mike Chenault (R), Speaker Charisse Millett (R), Majority Leader Chris Tuck (D), Minority Leader Supreme Court Dana Fabe, Chief Justice Joel Bolger Peter Maassen Craig Stowers Daniel Winfree