Walter J. Hickel
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Walter J. Hickel was an American politician and businessman who served as governor of Alaska and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter J. Hickel canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9183185 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter J. Hickel Context triple: [William A. Egan, succeededBy, Walter J. Hickel]
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A.
Charles F. Roos
Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
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B.
Vincent Ostrom
Vincent Ostrom was an American political scientist known for his foundational work on public choice theory, polycentric governance, and for co-founding the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University.
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C.
Robert B. Stearns
Robert B. Stearns was an American financier best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.
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D.
LeRoy Apker
LeRoy Apker was an American experimental physicist known for his contributions to solid-state physics and for his work at General Electric.
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E.
Morton M. Denn
Morton M. Denn is a prominent chemical engineer and rheologist known for his influential research in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and polymer processing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter J. Hickel Target entity description: Walter J. Hickel was an American politician and businessman who served as governor of Alaska and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
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A.
Charles F. Roos
Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
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B.
Vincent Ostrom
Vincent Ostrom was an American political scientist known for his foundational work on public choice theory, polycentric governance, and for co-founding the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University.
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C.
Robert B. Stearns
Robert B. Stearns was an American financier best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.
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D.
LeRoy Apker
LeRoy Apker was an American experimental physicist known for his contributions to solid-state physics and for his work at General Electric.
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E.
Morton M. Denn
Morton M. Denn is a prominent chemical engineer and rheologist known for his influential research in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and polymer processing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
ⓘ
politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Richard Nixon ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Alaska Business Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-08-18 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2010-05-07 ⓘ |
| describedBySource | obituaries in major U.S. newspapers ⓘ |
| endTime | 1970 (as U.S. Secretary of the Interior) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
German American
ⓘ
linked to:
German Americans
|
| familyName | Hickel ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
business management
ⓘ
public administration ⓘ |
| founded | Hickel Investment Company ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Alaskan Independence Party
ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ |
| middleName | Joseph ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Army ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
service as U.S. Secretary of the Interior
ⓘ
two nonconsecutive terms as Governor of Alaska ⓘ |
| notableWork | development of Anchorage, Alaska ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 6 ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
politician ⓘ real estate developer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ellinwood, Kansas ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial |
Anchorage, Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Anchorage
|
| placeOfDeath |
Anchorage, Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Anchorage
|
| positionHeld |
Governor of Alaska
ⓘ
United States Secretary of the Interior ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence |
Anchorage, Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Anchorage
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Ermalee Hickel ⓘ |
| startTime | 1969 (as U.S. Secretary of the Interior) ⓘ |
| termEnd |
1969 (first term as Governor of Alaska)
ⓘ
1994 (second term as Governor of Alaska) ⓘ |
| termStart |
1966 (first term as Governor of Alaska)
ⓘ
1990 (second term as Governor of Alaska) ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Anchorage, Alaska
ⓘ
linked to:
Anchorage
|
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Instruction
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Subject: Walter J. Hickel Description of subject: Walter J. Hickel was an American politician and businessman who served as governor of Alaska and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
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