...father-in-law before he passed away. In woodturning, he found freedom from the square world he had known as a union carpenter and vocational education teacher in Barrow. "It was just the freedom of being able to do any shape you wanted to...

...education from Dyer High School and graduated in 1960. At that time he moved to Alaska, residing in Nikiski. He was a union carpenter for several years before starting his own company, Schilling Construction. He also owned the Texaco and Chevron...

...the top of his class while also training to be a carpenter. He eventually became a teacher during the winter and a union carpenter during the summer. Mr. Ivey began teaching high school at Fort Greely and then fifth grade at Hunter Elementary...