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To: koan who wrote (117474)3/25/2016 4:12:11 PM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (1) of 217620
 
Bailing out of Juneau...

Young economist leaving Alaska to avoid Legislature's promised painful cuts

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Vander Naald, 36, knows what he is talking about. He is an economist specializing in natural resources, with a set of skills in high demand nationally and much needed by Alaska. The University of Alaska Southeast recruited him in 2012 with a fresh Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. He and his wife Anne, a massage therapist, bought a house and nine months ago had a son, Isaac.

They don’t want to leave. The work is interesting, their walkable neighborhood in Juneau is warm and full of children, and they are vigorous young people who love skiing and hiking in the mountains around the city.

But, growing nervous, Vander Naald put out feelers last fall. He has family in the Midwest. An offer came from Drake University, a highly rated private university in Des Moines, Iowa. As the Legislature discussed deeper and deeper cuts to the university this spring, he decided to take the job.

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