Donald F. Purdy
	
Donald Purdy went to primary school in Dawson and later graduated from Stanford University. He served as a second lieutenant in the First World War. In 1942, Purdy was living near or in Bakersfield, California and was the president of the Curran Lumber Company. That year he received a commission to serve in the Second World War as a technical officer in the United States Army.((//The Whitehorse Star// (Whitehorse), 4 September 1942.))