Alaska Power & Telephone announced with great sorrow the unexpected November 18, 2016 passing of William A. Squires, its executive chairman of the board, whose expertise and leadership beginning in 2003, helped guide AP&T from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, to a place of becoming one of the best-performing utility companies in Alaska. He had previously held the position of chief general counsel for Blackfoot in Missoula Montana and was elevated to serving as Blackfoot's CEO in 2012.