A half-century resident of Alaska, Bronx-born alum Frances (Dushman) Rose never envisioned living life quite so far north of where she was born and attended college. Rose, pictured here with her late husband and fellow alum David Rose at the Alaska Governor\u2019s Ball, has taught GED classes to adults, GIs, and inmates and consulted on adult education teacher training for native villages in her home state.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nAs a moose munched her favorite tree, his antlers \u201cclonked on my mailbox.\u201d After a half-century in Alaska, Bronx-born Frances (Dushman) Rose \u201959 is used to spectacular wildlife, even when it wanders downtown. Her historic home in Anchorage once housed a mink pelt storage. She and her late husband, David Rose \u201958, were pillars of the community even before the 1980s North Slope oil development brought boom times to this railroad hub and port.<\/p>\n
Rose\u2019s five decades in Alaska reflect a can-do spirit in every enterprise she undertook, especially vocational education and civic causes. When their two sons were infants, to cope with the \u201coutrageous\u201d cost of living, she did clerical work on military bases. Over the years she taught GED classes to adults, GIs, and in jail. She consulted on training adult ed teachers for native villages. For many years the Roses were business partners with Susan and Tony Knowles (he became mayor and later governor) in Anchorage\u2019s popular Downtown Deli.<\/p>\n
At a community college that became part of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), Rose directed adult basic education. She served as a UAA regent and still is a member of two UAA boards. In 1974 she earned her master\u2019s in education at UAA. David served on the city council and in 1975 as first chair of the Anchorage Assembly, which unified local government.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople trusted him so,\u201d Rose recalls of her husband, who died in 2006. He earned that trust by his political skills and financial acumen when \u201cmoney was rolling in,\u201d thanks to the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. When the state committed to setting aside pipeline profits via the Alaska Permanent Fund in 1982, it tapped David to manage the fund. Over his 10 years as its first director, this unknown corporation became one of the world\u2019s 50 largest capital investment funds. Today, it\u2019s a $40-billion cash cow. \u201cEvery man, woman, and child in Alaska gets a portion of that money, $1,000 to $2,000 each year, depending on the profits,\u201d Rose relates.<\/p>\n
In 1992 David founded the independently owned Alaska Permanent Capital Management (APCM), now with $2 billion in assets. Their son Evan is chief executive officer, and son Mitch is a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Rose served as APCM\u2019s chief financial officer and senior vice president for administration.<\/p>\n
As QC students a year apart, she and David had been sweethearts. \u201cWe were both politically active,\u201d Rose recalls, and that\u2019s how they met. She says David was a \u201cnewshound\u201d and she was an associate editor of the Crown,<\/i> the then QC student newspaper. He was an accounting major; she chose history with a minor in political science. \u201cIt was probably the finest education you could get, and it didn\u2019t cost anything,\u201d she points out. Knowing that\u2019s not the case today, through the Frances & David Rose Foundation, \u201cWe decided it was time to give back,\u201d Rose says, including to QC.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was growing up, there was kind of a limited horizon,\u201d observes Rose, who could never have guessed her life\u2019s vista would be illuminated by the Aurora Borealis. \u201cIt\u2019s been exciting to live here on the \u2018Last Frontier,\u2019 with the wildlife you can almost touch,\u201d she says. \u201cThat\u2019s the magic of Alaska.\u201d<\/p>\n
Books:<\/b> \u201cI have a Kindle, so I\u2019m reading about three times as much as I used to,\u201d especially about history and England\u2019s Tudor period.<\/p>\n
Music:<\/b> \u201cClassical and country\u2014my favorite will always be Johnny Cash. When he did \u2018Folsom Prison Blues,\u2019 I was teaching in jail.\u201d<\/p>\n
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