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EDUCATION
Mr. Ross graduated from Marquette
University High School in 1960. After attending
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for two
years, he transferred to Marquette University,
where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Business Administration in 1965, and
a Doctor of Law (Juris Doctoris) Degree in 1968.
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EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
Mr. Ross first came to
Alaska in June 1967 between his junior and senior
years of law school. He spent that summer serving
as a law clerk for a local Anchorage attorney,
and driving a sightseeing bus on weekends for
American Sightseeing Company.
In 1968, after he and Barbara
were married, they returned to Alaska and Ross
served as an assistant Attorney General for the
State of Alaska. In 1969 he was appointed by Superior
Court Judge Harold J. Butcher to be Court Trustee
and Standing Master for the Family Court. During
the next four years, sitting as a judicial officer,
Mr. Ross heard over 90% of all dependency, child
in need of supervision, and delinquency cases
arising in the Third Judicial District, and also
enforced child support orders entered by the Superior
Court. During Mr. Ross's tenure, a computerized
system of collection was integrated, which has
developed into the Child Support Enforcement Division
that exists today.
In 1973, Mr. Ross left State
service to enter the private practice of law.
He was an associate of Edward J. Reasor and Associates
in Anchorage, Alaska and a partner in law firms
in Cordova, Alaska and Glennallen, Alaska. In
1977, Mr. Ross opened his own office in Anchorage,
Ross & Associates, now the law office of Ross
& Miner, P.C. Mr. Ross 's practice emphasizes
family law, criminal defense, plaintiff's personal
injury and business law. Some years ago, Mr. Ross
obtained one of the highest settlements in a wrongful
termination of employment case ever obtained in
the United States.
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BAR
ADMISSIONS
Mr. Ross was admitted to the
Wisconsin Bar in 1968 and the Alaska Bar in 1969.
He is admitted to practice in the state courts
of Wisconsin and Alaska and in the federal courts
of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the District
of Alaska, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and
the United States Supreme Court.
MILITARY
SERVICE
Mr. Ross has served in the Alaska
State Defense Force for over eleven years, rising
to the rank of Colonel. Col. Ross was Commander
of the Professional and Technical Detachment of
the ASDF from 1986 to June 1987. He was Chief
of Civil-Military Operations (G-5) from June 1987
until July 1988, and then took command of the
Field Forces Teams. Several months later, he was
appointed Judge Advocate General. From April of
1990 until May 1992, Col. Ross was Chief of Operations
and Training (G-3). In May 1992, he was appointed
to Acting Chief of Staff. In March 1993, he was
appointed Chief of Staff. From July 1994 until
June 1996, he held the position of Inspector General.
Col. was given command of the ASDF Rifle Team
in September 1989. Col. also served as Acting
Commander, and on the Officer Promotion and Selection
Board. He participated in Mobex 88, Brimfrost
89, and Alcan Convoy 92 operations. He founded,
and was President of the 49th Territorial Guard's
Regiment, Inc.,from 1987-1994, an organization
established to support the Alaska State Defense
Force, its officers and soldiers, and was re-elected
to that position in April 1995, serving until
August 1996.
Col. Ross was awarded the Alaska
State Service Medal, the Alaska State Defense
Force Achievement Medal, the Alaska State Defense
Force State Service medal twice, the Alaska State
Defense Force Drill Attendance Ribbon, the Alaska
State Defense Force Training Achievement Ribbon,
and the State Guard Association of the United
States Membership Ribbon. He was named 1988 Good
Samaritan Attorney Of The Year by Veterans Living
and Health, Inc. In 1990 he was knighted by the
Polish Government and awarded the Commander's
Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for services
rendered to the cause of freedom.
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TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Mr. Ross taught courses entitled
"Juveniles and the Law" and "Introduction
to Criminal Justice" at the University of
Alaska, Anchorage, for several semesters. He has
been a guest lecturer at Marquette University
Law School, the University of Alaska, Anchorage,
and at Wayland Baptist College. He was elected
to the Board of Trustees of Lumen Christi High
School (Anchorage) in 1999 and serves as Board
Secretary.
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POLITICAL
EXPERIENCE
Mr. Ross first became involved
in politics in 1960 when his father, Ray E. Ross,
ran for the office of Alderman (City Councilman)
of West Allis, Wisconsin's fourth largest city.
Ray E. Ross was elected and held the Alderman's
position for 3 four year terms. Wayne Ross was
Campaign Chairman for two of those campaigns.
He also participated in the Nixon campaign of
1960 and the Goldwater campaign of 1964 with less
satisfactory results. Upon coming to Alaska, he
was an alternate delegate to District 11's convention
in 1972 and 1976. Mr. Ross has been involved with
the Republican Party from precinct to national
levels. Mr. Ross served as Parliamentarian at
the 1980, 1982, and 1984 District 8 Republican
Conventions and was Parliamentarian Pro Tem for
the Republican State Central Committee in 1983.
In 1984 he was Parliamentarian for the State Republican
Convention and was an alternate delegate to the
Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas,
where as a seated alternate, he was able to cast
his ballot for Ronald Reagan for the Republican
Party nominee for President of the United States.
Mr. Ross was elected Vice Chairman of the District
8 Republican Party in 1982 and served as Chairman
of that District from 1985 to 1988. As such, he
was a member of the Alaska Republican Party Central
Committee. Mr. Ross was a member of that party's
Elephant Club and was Chairman of the Rules Committee
from 1985 to 1988 and Co-Chairman of the 1988
State Convention's Candidate Recruitment Committee.
In 1988, he was Alaska Chairman, Lawyers for Bush/Quayle.
Mr. Ross was Republican Party National Committeeman,
Alaska from 1992-1998. He attended the Republican
National Convention in Houston 1992 as National
Committeeman-elect and the 1996 National Convention
in San Diego as National Committeeman. From 1995-1996,
he served as Co-Chairman, Alaskans for Gramm.
In 1997, Mr. Ross along with former Secretary
of Interior Manuel Lujan and Agricultural Secretary
Spencer Abraham was a member of a delegation
representing the United States and the
Republican National Committee to the Republic
of China (Taiwan's) 15th Kuomingtang National
Congress in Taipei, Taiwan, China. Mr. Ross was
a Republican Candidate for Governor of Alaska
in 1998.
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PUBLICATIONS
Mr. Ross was a biweekly columnist
for the Anchorage Times (FROM THE ARENA, every
second Sunday) from 1986 until 1992. He later
wrote for the Voice Of The Anchorage Times in
the Anchorage Daily News from 1992-1993.
He served as contributing editor (firearms) for
the Alaska Bar Rag, the official newspaper
of the Alaska Bar Association for which Mr. Ross
received the coveted Stanley Award for Heroic
Journalism. Mr. Ross also had outdoor and
firearms articles printed in the Congressional
Record, Alaska Outdoors, Soldier
of Fortune, Wild Sheep, the Message,
the Washington Arms Collectors Gun News,
and Gun Week magazines. He also has written
articles for Army Motors and was book review
editor for that magazine. See
Articles
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PUBLIC
SERVICE
Mr. Ross was appointed to serve
on the Alaska Land Use Council Advisors' Committee
by the United States Department of Interior in
January, 1984, and was re-appointed each year
thereafter. In April 1987, Mr. Ross was elected
Chairman of that committee. He served as Chairman
from 1987 to 1988. He was elected Vice Chairman
in 1988, and from 1989-1990, Mr. Ross held the
position of Acting Chairman. Mr. Ross was appointed
to the Advisory Council for the Commission on
Privatizations and Delivery of Government Services
by the Alaska Legislature in 1999, and assigned
the Chairmanship of the Advisory Subcommittee
to study the Office of the Governor.
Mr. Ross was appointed and served
as an Alaskan Marriage Commissioner in 1969, 1970,
1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1994, and
1997.
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AWARDS
Mr. Ross and his law firm have
received awards from the National Rifle Association
of America, the Alaska Outdoor Council, and the
Alaska Christian Sportsmen's Club for services
on behalf of sportsmen. Mr. Ross has been awarded
the NRA Affiliated Gun Collectors Award of Merit
for the Promotion of Gun Collecting. Mr. Ross
has also received patriotism awards from the Daughters
of the American Revolution, the National Commander
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Anchorage
VFW Post 9981.
Mr. Ross is listed in the Who's
Who Who in American Law, 1st-9th editions; Who's
Who in American Politics, 15th and 16th editions;
Personalities of the West and Midwest, 8th edition;
Who's Who in Society, 1st and 2nd editions; Who's
Who in America, 46th-49th and 55th editions; International
Who's Who of Contemporary Achievement, 1984/85
edition; Marquis Who's Who in the West (1996-1997);
and Who's Who in the World, 12th and 18th editions.
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