[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 125 (Tuesday, September 8, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9126-S9127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                        REMEMBERING ALLAN TESCHE

 Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I wish to commemorate the life of a 
very special friend from my home State of Alaska, Allan Tesche.
  Former Anchorage Assemblyman Allan Tesche passed away July 14, 2009, 
after complications from heart surgery.
  Allan Tesche was the embodiment of a true Alaskan and an incredible 
public servant. While I was mayor of Anchorage, Allan served on the 
Assembly. During this time, I got to know Allan and his family well. He 
was committed to the residents of Anchorage, and his dedication to 
making our city a better place was second to none. He and his wife Pam 
were active members of the community and raised their two children in 
Anchorage.
  On behalf of his family, many friends, and colleagues, I ask today we 
honor Allan Tesche's memory. I ask his obituary, published July 26, 
2009, in the Anchorage Daily News, be printed in the Record.
  The information follows:

             [From the Anchorage Daily News, July 26, 2009]

       Allan Edward Tesche, 60, died in Houston, Texas on July 14, 
     2009, from complications from heart surgery. A memorial 
     service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Central Lutheran Church. 
     Allan was born Aug. 3, 1948, to Marilyn and Frederick 
     Rutledge Tesche in Los Alamos, N.M. He graduated with honors 
     from the University of California at Davis in 1970. In the 
     Peace Corps, he spent two years in El Salvador supporting 
     Community Development projects. Upon his return, he enrolled 
     in law school at the University of California at Davis, where 
     he was an honorary member of The Chicano Law Students 
     Association. In his second year he was recruited by the 
     Greater Anchorage Area Borough to serve a six-month 
     internship in the Anchorage Borough Attorney's Office; thus 
     began his long association with Alaska government. Allan was 
     invited by Mayor Jack Roderick to return after graduation as 
     a staff attorney. Allan's work on borough-city unification in 
     1975-76 led Mayor George Sullivan to elevate him to deputy 
     municipal attorney, a position he held until his appointment 
     to lead the Mat-Su Borough Legal Department in 1980. In 1982, 
     Allan returned to Anchorage

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     to head the Department of Property & Facilities. In 1988, he 
     left city employment to join law firm Russell & Tesche, where 
     he practiced until retiring in 2006.
       In 1978, Allan married Pamela Dunham. Together they raised 
     two children, operated the G Street B&B and went on family 
     adventures. After seeing the community work of friend Nick 
     Aguilar in San Diego, Pam supported Allan's plunge into local 
     politics. Allan served nine years on the Anchorage Assembly. 
     He championed many progressive policies and is credited with 
     the adoption of property tax relief, liquor and tobacco 
     control measures and urban beautification initiatives. Allan 
     was a member of Central Lutheran Church, where he mentored 
     neighborhood youths and served as Church Council president. 
     After leaving the Assembly, Allan helped launch municipal 
     consulting firm RMA Consulting Group and served as acting 
     city administrator for the City of Akutan. He worked for 
     Akutan until his death, and his efforts supporting new 
     developments in Akutan are an ongoing testimony.
       Allan is survived by his wife, Pamela; son, Frederick; 
     daughter, Mary; brothers, Frederick and wife Sharon of 
     Saluda, N.C., Thomas and wife Kim of Covington, Ky., and 
     Daniel of Clovis, Calif.; sister, Caroline of Tampa, Fla.; 
     father and mother-in-law, Richard and Carrie Dunham of 
     Whidbey Island, Wash.; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Paul and 
     Kathleen Dunham of Fresno, Calif., Larry and Susan Goodman of 
     Seattle, Cynthia and Eric Olsen of Spokane, Wash., and Linda 
     Wesson of Clovis, Calif.; and by his nieces and 
     nephews.

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