Article: A Fairbanks original. (banking industry in Fairbanks, AL)

Lifelong native Bill Stroecker is still banking on his hometown.

Despite spending 76 years in Fairbanks - and a good bit of that outdoors - William "Bill" Stroecker has yet to ride a snowmachine.

That doesn't mean he's missed out on anything.

Stroecker, vice president of public relations for Key Bank in Fairbanks, could fill a book with his accomplishments and adventures. An avid trumpet player, he performs regularly in a just-for-fun swing and jazz band, the "Frigidaires." He collects out-of-print books about Alaska, and he spends every possible minute outdoors: boating, hunting, fishing and hiking or snowshoeing into one of the many cabins he owns ...

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