English: Crop of a photo of the early board of trustees of Alaska Methodist University in Anchorage, Alaska, focusing on the center of the group pictured. Seated, from left to right: Dr. Meredith Groves of Portland, Oregon, John R. Connolly of Anchorage, board chairman Bishop A. Raymond Grant (1897–1967) of Portland (Grant Hall, the main building on campus, was named for him) and Dr. Frederick P. McGinnis (1921–2012) of Anchorage, who was the university's president for most of its first decade. Standing, from left to right: Wally Hickel of Anchorage, Bob Atwood of Anchorage, Rev. David Blackburn of Anchorage and E. D. McDonald of Harlingen, Texas.