Ed Peace, noted UAA automotive instructor, dies at 68

Ed Peace, an instructor in the University of Alaska Anchorage's (UAA) Automotive Technology program and one of Alaska's greatest experts when it came to cars and driving, passed away on Sunday at his home in Anchorage surrounded by his family. He was 68.

Peace had suffered from lung cancer and its complications for at least two years but maintained a full schedule, teaching and donating his time to sundry causes, nearly until his last days. For the Spring '08 semester at UAA, which began in early January and ended in early May, he carried a full teaching load, according to Kelly Smith, director of the Transportation and Power Division of UAA's Community and Technical College.

"He wouldn't let anybody teach for him," Smith said. "He let me take one or two individual classes, but that was it. I asked him to have a whole class, but he wouldn't let me."

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