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Article: Marc Langland, Arnold Espe.(Northrim Bank)(Brief Article)
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- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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When Marc Langland moved to Sitka in 1965 for a job with National Bank of Alaska, one of the first people he met was Arnold Espe. Soon after their first meeting, the two men became friends and cultivated a relationship that would last for more than 30 years, until Espe's death Nov. 9, 1997.
"We always thought pretty well together and complemented each other in the way we did things," Langland said.
In the three decades their relationship spanned, Espe and Langland fished and hunted together, worked together, and as it turned out, helped shape the economic landscape of Alaska. Among their achievements, they will be remembered for establishing a successful ...