Lidia Selkregg

Lidia Lippi Selkregg (1920 – August 14, 1999) was an Italian geologist and professor of regional planning at the University of Alaska Anchorage. In the days following the 1964 Alaska earthquake, Selkregg helped organize a group of local geologists to gather important data about earthquake damage to inform future recommendations about building stability. She also helped promote earthquake safety, land preservation, and economic development in the Anchorage area.

Early life and education Selkregg was born Lidia Lippi in Florence, Italy in 1920. Her father died when she was three years old, and she lived in Italy and North Africa with her mother and two brothers. During World War II, Lippi and her mother lived in Florence, Italy, where she worked as a nurse. She also joined the Italian resistance against the Nazis.

Lidia Selkregg trained as a geologist. She received her doctorate degree from the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign.

Selkregg also worked to get the population of Valdez to move away from the previous site of their town. She was the editor of the "Environmental Atlas of the Greater Anchorage Area Borough," published by the University of Alaska in 1972.

Selkregg served on the Advisory Committee to the Carter White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development; she also served in the Anchorage Assembly.

Personal life Lippi married Fred Selkregg in 1945. They had three children. Selkregg died on August 14, 1999. She was inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame in 2009.