For Family History Month, the MOHAI Mercantile welcomes Kathy Mills Rozzini to discuss her book History of Alaska Airlines: The First Eleven Years 1932-1943. Kathy is the granddaughter of Steve Mills, founder of Star Air Service, which later became the aviation giant Alaska Airlines. Hear about the exciting process of researching and writing her family history, and the dramatic story of her grandfather’s life.
MOHAI Mercantile Literary Series: The History of Alaska Airlines
Speaker Bio
Kathy Mills Rozzini
Born in 1946 in Seattle, Washington, Kathy’s Seattle roots extend to the early 1900s. It was in 1956 that Alaska Airlines donated a model of their four-engine DC-68 and the Mills family donated an exact replica of one of the first planes of the airline to MOHAI. Kathy’s book, The History of Alaska Airlines – The First Eleven Years, was published in 2020. Learn more on Facebook @ TheHistoryOfAlaskaAirlines.