Pioneering Alaska Philanthropist Dies at 101

Sad news today from the Rasmuson Foundation. Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson, social catalyst and one of Alaska’s most important philanthropists, died yesterday at her home in Anchorage. Mrs. Rasmuson spent her life breaking barriers, challenging conventions, and seeking to improve opportunities for those around her. She was a trailblazer for women and left her mark across the country and the state of Alaska through her leadership, philanthropy, and the family foundation that she helped lead with her late husband Elmer. ~With Eleanor Roosevelt Selected from the initial pool of 30,000 applicants for the new Women’s Army Corp (WAC), she rose…