As part of the 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature program held at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alaska_Fairbanks" class="extiw" title="w:University of Alaska Fairbanks">University of Alaska Fairbanks</a>, a series of panel discussions was held at the Elvey Building (home to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophysical_Institute" class="extiw" title="w:Geophysical Institute">Geophysical Institute</a>) on UAF's West Ridge.  During one such discussion, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Kreiss-Tomkins" class="extiw" title="w:Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins">Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins</a> and Terry Gardiner sat next to each other.  Kreiss-Tomkins was 24 at the time, then the youngest incumbent member of the legislator.  Gardiner, first elected at 22, is the youngest member of all-time in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Legislature" class="extiw" title="w:Alaska Legislature">Alaska Legislature</a>.  Their election at such young ages and the relationship they developed as a result was a topic of discussion that afternoon.
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