Lael Morgan came to Alaska in 1959 and worked at the Juneau Empire, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, and Tundra Times before teaching at UAF. She cofounded a publishing company that put out her own books and others, including Velma Wallis's 'Two Old Women.'
She came to Alaska from New England with her husband in 1959, said her adopted daughter, Diana Campbell of Fairbanks. Campbell said Morgan wanted to earn money to sail around the world — an adventure she half completed before returning to Alaska and embarking on a journalism career that took her around the state and beyond.
“She really had a front row seat to land claims,” said Campbell. “The Tundra Times covered land claims. They also covered the Rampart Dam project, plus Project Chariot.” Another Morgan project brought attention to the buried history of Black soldiers who built the Alaska Highway. Campbell said the connection deepened and Morgan, who had no children of her own, informally adopted her.Campbell underscored that Morgan was not all about work.
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