Stroock, Thomas F.

Thomas F. Stroock, Wyoming State Senator, U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala, and businessman was born in 1925. A graduate of Yale University, he moved to Casper, Wyoming in 1948 and worked for Stanolind Oil Company. In 1952, he founded Stroock Leasing Corporation, an oil and gas properties firm. Stroock was first elected Wyoming State Senator from Natrona County in 1966 and served sixteen years. From 1989 to 1992, Stroock served as U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala. Appointed by President George H.W. Bush, he held this position during a period in which Guatemala was making a transition to democracy and was an advocate for human rights and social justice in this Central American country. Stroock returned to Wyoming in 1992 and served as Chairman of the Wyoming Health Reform Commission and on the Wyoming Medical Center's Board of Directors.