Subtitle: A Biography of William A. Egan. "Born in Alaska, Raised in Alaska, Schooled in Alaska" was how 25-year-old William A. Egan advertised himself during his first campaign for Alaska Territorial Legislature in 1940. In 1959, Egan, from small-town Valdez, became Alaska's first governor - the only governor born and educated in Alaska during the first 43 years of statehood.