Mark Hamilton is the Executive Vice President for External Affairs at the Pebble Partnership. He is President Emeritus of the University of Alaska System, and a retired Major General U.S. Army.

Mr. Hamilton received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the United States Military Academy and Masters Degree in Literature from Florida State University. He graduated as well from the Joint Armed Forces Command and staff College and the Army War College.

MILITARY SERVICE:
Mr. Hamilton served 31 years in the U.S. Army, retiring as a Major General. After a typical career through Division Artillery Command, he served as the Military Group Commander in El Salvador, followed by assignment as Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the Army in Somalia. These latter two assignments involved nearly 2and ½ years of peace negotiations. In El Salvador it resulted in spending 8 and ½ days at the United Nations in shuttle diplomacy with Ambassador to the U.N. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, resulting in a peace treaty that has never been broken in more than 25 years. In Somalia, his efforts with Somali war lords culminated in a window of tranquility which allowed the 10th Mountain Division to return to the United States. For these efforts, ABC news anchor Peter Jennings selected then Colonel Hamilton as his national “Person of the week.”
MEMBERSHIPS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS:
MILITARY: Mr. Hamilton is a member of AUSA, VFW, and is a Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army.
CIVIC: Mr. Hamilton is a member of the Alaska Miner’s Association, and serves on the Alaska Airline’s Advisory Board. Mr. Hamilton previously served on the Board of Directors of BP America, Chair of Alaska Aerospace, Board member of Alaska Airlines, and the Denali Commission.
AWARDS: Mr. Hamilton has received the Army’s highest peace time award, The Distinguished Service Medal, as well as Armed Forces highest peace time award, The Joint Distinguished Service Medal. Mr. Hamilton was honored by the National Association of Scholars for “Resolute Leadership in Defense of Intellectual Freedom in Higher Education,” the only University President to be so honored.