AVÀÇÂÛ̳

Mr. Leif E. Albertson

Professor of Extension, Emeritus

WHEREAS Mr. Leif E. Albertson served the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks with distinction in teaching and public service from 2008 to 2024; and 

WHEREAS Mr. Albertson taught numerous community-based, noncredit classes and workshops with many positive reviews. He developed programs on multiple topics, including food preservation and safety, safe water, pest control, gardening and emergency medical care; and

WHEREAS Mr. Albertson, in particular, provided important information about lead contamination in wild meat, a topic of great interest in rural AVÀÇÂÛ̳ where consumption rates are quite high. He also developed and presented original work on indoor air quality issues, again a concern of particular concern in western AVÀÇÂÛ̳, where childhood respiratory disease is the highest in the nation; and

WHEREAS Mr. Albertson served on multiple UAF committees. He started the Bethel community garden in 2008 and he served on the Bethel City Council, on several council committees and as a volunteer firefighter and paramedic for more than 20 years;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks expresses its deep appreciation to Mr. Leif E. Albertson for his extensive contributions to the state of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ and to the university; and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks, in further recognition of the invaluable services rendered by Mr. Albertson and as evidence of the university’s desire that his identification with the university be maintained, hereby salutes the appointment of Mr. Leif E. Albertson as professor of extension, emeritus; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be appropriately engrossed and signed by the chancellor of the University of AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Fairbanks as further evidence of the esteem and respect in which he holds Mr. Leif E. Albertson, and conveyed to Mr. Albertson on this third day of May, 2025.