Petersburg Pilot -

Per Kruger Sather was born in Petersburg, Alaska, on October 5, 1945 to Per (Pete) and Lovise Stokke Sather. He enjoyed an idyllic boyhood roaming the waters and forests around his hometown and crewing on his father's halibut boat, the Zarembo.

As a young man, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Vietnam. After being discharged, Per earned a bachelor's degree from Humboldt State University in California and a master's degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Although both degrees were in biology, he decided to become a licensed land surveyor working for private firms and eventu...