William Bates “Bill” Workman died in Anchorage on November 4, 2021, at the age of 81. Bill was preceded in death by his parents, John D. and Barbara Bates Workman, and a twin brother, Robert Atkins Workman. He is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Karen (Wood) Workman, of Anchorage, and a niece and nephew. Bill was born in 1940 and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin, from which he received all of his academic degrees, including his doctorate in anthropology, with a focus on northern archaeology. In 1962, Bill made his first archaeological research trip to Alaska. Over the years that followed, Bill, usually in collaboration with Karen, an archaeologist in her own right, went on to conduct research in many places in the North, including on Kodiak and Chirikof islands, in Canada’s Yukon Territory, at several places in interior Alaska associated with building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, and in the Kachemak Bay region. Bill and Karen moved to Anchorage in the spring of 1969 to assume his first teaching position at Alaska Methodist University. At the time, Bill was only the third archaeologist in the state; today there are dozens. After AMU closed, Bill moved to the Anthropology Department at the University of Alaska Anchorage, where he remained until he retired as professor emeritus in 2005. Retirement was just a scaling back for Bill, as he continued his professional involvement through research, writing, and service on graduate student committees. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Bill was always the consummate professional. He possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of northern peoples and prehistory, which he shared with generations of undergraduate and graduate students, many of whom went on to pursue careers in anthropology. In the mid-1970s, Bill was instrumental in the formation of the Alaska Anthropological Association, an organization for which he served as President and Board member for many years. In 2014, in recognition of their extraordinary achievements, he and Karen were awarded Honorary Doctor of Letters degrees by UAA. Over the years, Bill and Karen always valued the involvement of colleagues and students in their lives. They generously hosted frequent gatherings at their house for visiting scholars, for their field research crews, and sometimes for no particular reasons other than to enjoy the company of others and to share the oral history of anthropology in Alaska. To his students and his many friends, Bill brought compassion, a quick wit, and a distinct dry humor. To the larger academic world, he contributed a prodigious body of published works in regional, national, and international journals. Bill’s influence has been securely woven into the fabric of the lives of many anthropologists in Alaska today. Because of the pandemic, a memorial gathering will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice.