Alaska's Constitutional Convention Author:Victor Fischer In 1956, delegates gathered at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks to write a constitution for what became the forty-ninth state of the union. They produced a document that many have said was more distinctly appropriate to its time and place than any other state constitution. — Victor Fischer, one of the delegates, describes this historic event... more ». Celebrate the constitution's fiftieth anniversary and learn about the writing of this important document.« less