10 Facts About Tom Fink

Tom Fink was Mayor of Anchorage from 1987 to 1994 and Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1973 to 1975.

Tom Fink was a member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, serving from 1997 to 2010.

Tom Fink received a Bachelor of Science from Bradley University in 1950, and a JD from the University of Illinois Law School in 1952.

Tom Fink moved to Anchorage, Alaska in 1952, and worked as a life insurance salesman from 1958 onward.

Tom Fink received his Chartered Life Underwriter certification from American College in 1963.

Tom Fink was in partnership with Don Schroer for 20 years, doing business as The Schroer-Tom Fink Agency.

Tom Fink was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1966, and became Speaker of the House in 1973.

Tom Fink mounted an unsuccessful bid to succeed term-limited Republican Governor of Alaska Jay Hammond in 1982.

In 1987, Tom Fink was elected Mayor of Anchorage in the wake of a dramatic drop in the price of oil, which devastated the local economy.

In 1997, after sitting out one term, Tom Fink returned to politics to mount an unsuccessful challenge to incumbent Republican mayor Rick Mystrom.