EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Laramie, WY

Founding Date:
1887

Enrollment:
12,766

Official Website:
http://www.uwyo.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brian Baird	Politician	7-Mar-1956		Congressman from Washington, 1999-2011
James E. Barrett	Judge	8-Apr-1922	7-Nov-2011	10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1971-87
Louis V. Bockius III	Business	c. 1936		Former VP at Diebold
Wade Brorby	Judge	23-May-1934		10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1988-2001
Tom Buchanan	Educator	c. 1952		President, University of Wyoming
E. James Burke	Judge	c. 1949		Justice, Wyoming Supreme Court
Jerry Buss	Business	15-Jun-1934	18-Feb-2013	Owner, Los Angeles Lakers
Chris Carney	Politician	2-Mar-1959		Congressman from Pennsylvania, 2007-11
Dick Cheney	Politician	30-Jan-1941		US Vice President, 2001-09
Steve Cochran	Actor	25-May-1917	15-Jun-1965	The Damned Don't Cry
Chad C. Deaton	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Baker Hughes
Sheridan Downey	Politician	11-Mar-1884	25-Oct-1961	US Senator from California, 1939-50
Dave Freudenthal	Politician	12-Oct-1950		Governor of Wyoming, 2003-11
Jack R. Gage	Politician	13-Jan-1899	14-Mar-1970	Governor of Wyoming, 1961-63
Michael Golden	Judge	c. 1942		Justice, Wyoming Supreme Court
Curt Gowdy	Sports Journalist	31-Jul-1919	20-Feb-2006	Voice of the Red Sox
Clifford Hansen	Politician	16-Oct-1912	20-Oct-2009	US Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78
Stanley K. Hathaway	Politician	19-Jul-1924	4-Oct-2005	Governor of Wyoming, 1967-75
Ed Herschler	Politician	27-Oct-1918	5-Feb-1990	Governor of Wyoming, 1975-87
John J. Hickey	Politician	22-Aug-1911	22-Sep-1970	Governor of Wyoming, 1959-61
William U. Hill	Judge	c. 1948		Justice, Wyoming Supreme Court
Marilyn S. Kite	Judge	22-Oct-1947		Justice, Wyoming Supreme Court
Cynthia Lummis	Politician	10-Sep-1954		Congresswoman, Wyoming
M. Margaret McKeown	Judge	11-May-1951		9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Matt Mead	Politician	11-Mar-1962		Governor of Wyoming
Joseph B. Meyer	Politician	22-Apr-1941	6-Oct-2012	Treasurer of Wyoming, 2007-12
Leslie A. Miller	Politician	29-Jan-1886	29-Sep-1970	Governor of Wyoming, 1933-39
Judith A. Muhlberg	Business	c. 1952		Public relations consultant, Gagen MacDonald
Michael R. Murphy	Judge	6-Aug-1947		10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Terrence L. O'Brien	Judge	8-Aug-1943		10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Kenny Sailors	Basketball	14-Jan-1921	30-Jan-2016	Jump shot pioneer
Peter Schoomaker	Military	12-Feb-1946		US Army Chief of Staff, 2003-07
Matthew Shepard	Victim	1-Dec-1976	12-Oct-1998	Gay hate crime victim
Alan Simpson	Politician	2-Sep-1931		US Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97
Milward L. Simpson	Politician	12-Nov-1897	10-Jun-1993	Governor and Senator from Wyoming
Mike Sullivan	Politician	22-Sep-1939		Governor of Wyoming, 1987-95
Richard J. Taggart	Business	c. 1943		CFO of Weyerhaeuser, 2003-07
Craig Thomas	Politician	17-Feb-1933	4-Jun-2007	US Senator from Wyoming, 1995-2007
Carol B. Tomé	Business	c. 1957		CFO of Home Depot
Solomon D. Trujillo	Business	17-Nov-1951		CEO of Telstra
Barton R. Voigt	Judge	1949		Wyoming Chief Justice
James Watt	Government	31-Jan-1938		Reagan's Secretary of the Interior

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thurman Arnold	Attorney	2-Jun-1891	7-Nov-1969	Trust-busting attorney
Tom Buchanan	Educator	c. 1952		President, University of Wyoming
Robert E. Hemenway	Educator	10-Aug-1941	31-Jul-2015	Chancellor, University of Kansas, 1995-2009
Thomas S. Kleppe	Politician	1-Jul-1919	2-Mar-2007	US Secretary of the Interior, 1975-77
Gale W. McGee	Politician	17-Mar-1915	9-Apr-1992	US Senator from Wyoming, 1959-77
Terry McMillan	Novelist	18-Oct-1951		Waiting to Exhale
David Minge	Politician	19-Mar-1942		Congressman from Minnesota, 1993-2001
John Edgar Wideman	Novelist	14-Jun-1941		Sent for You Yesterday

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank A. Barrett	Politician	10-Nov-1892	20-May-1962	Governor and Senator from Wyoming
Tom Buchanan	Educator	c. 1952		President, University of Wyoming
Joseph M. Carey	Politician	19-Jan-1845	5-Feb-1924	Governor of Wyoming, 1911-15
Arthur G. Crane	Educator	1-Sep-1877	11-Aug-1955	President, University of Wyoming, 1922-41
Clifford Hansen	Politician	16-Oct-1912	20-Oct-2009	US Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78
Theodore Roosevelt IV	Business	27-Nov-1942		Lehman Brothers
Milward L. Simpson	Politician	12-Nov-1897	10-Jun-1993	Governor and Senator from Wyoming

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bob Devaney	Football	13-Apr-1915	9-May-1997	Cornhuskers Head Coach, 1962-72
Dennis Erickson	Football	24-Mar-1947		Head Coach, Arizona State Sun Devils

Copyright ©2025