Frank Barr

Dermot Cole is a long-time newspaper columnist for theFairbanks Daily News-Miner. Cole grew up in Pennsylvaniaand lived in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Montana before movingto Alaska at the start of the pipeline boom. He studied journalismat the University of Alaska Fairbanks and was named aMichigan Journalism Fellow in 1986-87 at the University ofMichigan. He also worked for the Associated Press in Seattle.He lives north of Fairbanks with his wife, journalist DebbieCarter, and their children, Connor, Aileen, and Anne. Theyenjoy cross-country skiing in winter and camping, soccer, andsoftball in the summer.