Gov. Mike Dunleavy's most recent UA Board of Regents pick resigns after two months
News Home The building housing the University of Alaska Fairbanks' International Arctic Research Center, seen on Sept. 18, 2022. (Photo by Yereth R...
News Home The building housing the University of Alaska Fairbanks' International Arctic Research Center, seen on Sept. 18, 2022. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) (Alaska Beacon) - Tuckerman Babcock resigned from his post as a member of the University of Alaska Board of Regents on Wednesday, after two months in the role and before his confirmation by the state Legislature. Gov. Mike Dunleavy appointed Babcock, his former chief of staff and a longstanding Republican figure, to the board that guides policy and appoints the president of the state's university system on June 1, after legislators rejected Bethany Marcum for the position in May.