Jay Kerttula

Jalmar Martin "Jay" Kerttula (born April 6, 1928 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a retired Alaska politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Kerttula served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1961 to 1972. He served as the Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1969 to 1970. He was also later Alaska Senate President (1981–1984) and his daughter is Beth Kerttula. Kerttula is a Lutheran.

Legacy

Matanuska-Susitna College has a Jalmar Kerttula Building (called the JKB) is named for him. It is where most of the English, Computer Network Support, & Biology classes are held. It also houses the Academic Affairs office, Director's Office, Marketing, Student Government office, and Bookstore.

External links

• Brief political graveyard bio
• Senate Presidents and Speakers of the Alaska Legislature
• American legislative leaders in the West, 1911-1994
• Jalmar Kerttula at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature

Speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives Territorial (1912–1959) Collins Hess White Nerland Cole Wilcox Smith Rothenburg Winn McDonald Hofman Green Lyng H. McCutcheon Davis Lander Gill S. McCutcheon Egan Kay Greuel State (since 1959) Taylor Kendall Gravel Boardman Kerttula Guess Fink Bradner Malone Gardiner Duncan Hayes Grussendorf Cotten Grussendorf Barnes Phillips Porter Kott Harris Chenault

Presidents of the Alaska Senate Territorial (1912–1959) Ray Sutherland Hubbard Frawley Sundback Hunt Ayer Howard Steel Hess Shattuck Hess Brunelle Walker Roden Cochran Coffey Nerland Engebreth Jones Nolan Rivers State (since 1959) Beltz Peratrovich McNealy Butrovich Phillips Hammond T. Miller Croft Rader Tillion Kerttula Bennett Faiks Kelly Eliason Halford Pearce M. Miller Pearce Halford Therriault B. Stevens Green G. Stevens Huggins Meyer