Spring 2025 Meritorious Service Award: Stephen W. Haycox

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Stephen W. Haycox
Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ historian and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Stephen Haycox receives the Meritorious Service Award during UAA's 2025 Spring Awards Ceremony in the Fine Arts Building recital hall. (Photo by James Evans / Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ)

Stephen W. Haycox was hired to found the Department of History at what was then called Anchorage Senior College. After 40 years, he retired, having won the Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Governor’s Award for Distinguished Service to the Humanities and the University of Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æâ€™s Bullock Prize. He was promoted to Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, one of very few UAA professors to receive that honor.

Haycox also served as director of the Forty-Ninth State Fellows Program in UAA’s University Honors College. During this time, he took on extra teaching duties and extensive summer travel with the Fellows. Half a generation of Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ students still benefit from the education they received in the program he directed.

Among academic historians, Haycox is one of the leading writers of Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ history today and has published many books, more than 30 professional articles, as well as the occasional opinion piece for the Anchorage Daily News. He is an active member and former president of both the Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Historical and Cook Inlet Historical Society, as well as former chair and member of the boards of the Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ Humanities Forum, as well as many other civic organizations. His works help students, members of the Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ public and readers in other states understand Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æâ€™s complex history and the challenges our state and its people face.

Since his retirement, Haycox has continued to offer distinguished service to the University of Âé¶¹ÎÞÂë°æ and to the Anchorage community, serving actively on the Meritorious Service Award Committee and participating in many university and community events.

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