Warren Fraser

More than 40 year after moving to Alaska, Warren Fraser—manager of Printing Services for the University of Alaska-Fairbanks—has no regrets about having left New England. Fraser became manager of the University's Printing Services in 1990, and immediately set out to establish a benchmark for quality.

If you think your winter weather is bad, just talk to Warren Fraser, manager of Printing Services at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In a land where tossed water freezes before it hits the ground, daytime temperatures in the -40s can impact the operation of an in-plant in ways far more serious than the chilled ears you’re complaining about. “When we have the extreme weather that we are now experiencing,” he e-mailed, on a recent balmy day of -41, “these are some of the additional challenges that we have to face.” • Personnel may not make it to work because their vehicle