Shel Simmons

1908, Oct 8	Born Sheldon Bruce Simmons
1929	Learned to Fly
1935	Formed Alaska Air Transport
1936, May 1	(Wikipedia) Aeronca PC-3 NC16250 bought new from Aeronca
1938	Used Bellanca NC47M in the rescue of survivors of the Patterson
1939	Formed (Wikipedia) Alaskan Coastal Airways
1962	Alaska Coastal merged with Ketchikan-based Ellis Airlines
1967	Merged with Alaska Airlines
1994	Dies at age 86

The plane here is likely (Wikipedia) Aeronca PC-3 NC16250 bought new from Aeronca