Milward L. Simpson Family Oral History Project, 2003-2005.

Hansen, Martha

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Simpson, Peter K., 1930-

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Peter Kooi Simpson was born in 1930, the son of former Wyoming Governor and U.S. Senator Milward Lee Simpson. He received a BA in history from the University of Wyoming in 1953. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served four years. In 1958 Simpson started Western Hills, Inc., a swimming pool construction and service company. Later, he returned to UW where he received a MA in history in 1962. He then moved to the University of Oregon where he earned his Ph. D. in Hist...

Shaw, Eloise.

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Simpson, Alan K. (Alan Kooi), 1931-

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Former United States Senator Alan Kooi Simpson was born September 2, 1931, in Denver, Colorado, the second son of former Wyoming Governor and U.S. Senator Milward Lee Simpson and Lorna Kooi Simpson. He attended public schools in Cody, Wyoming, and spent a post-graduate year at Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, before entering college. He entered the University of Wyoming in 1950 and received a bachelor of science in law degree in 1954. While at the university, he was ...

Simpson, Milward L. (Milward Lee), 1897-1993

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Lawyer, member of Wyoming House of Representatives, president of the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees (1943-1955), governor of Wyoming (1955-1959), and U.S. senator (1963-1967). From the description of Papers, 1955-1959. (Wyoming State Archives). WorldCat record id: 71013077 ...

Borthwick, Dean.

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Webster, Constant E. "Bud",

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Hansen, Clifford P. (Clifford Peter), 1912-2009

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Senator, governor. From the description of Reminiscences of Clifford Peter Hansen : oral history, 1966. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122632019 Clifford P. Hansen was born October 16, 1912. He grew up in Jackson Hole, WY. He received a bachelor's in animal science from the University of Wyoming in 1934. The same year he married Martha Close, whom he was married to for 75 years until his death. From 1943-1966 he was a Teton County commissi...

Watt, James G., 1938-

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James G. Watt began his long and distinguished political career in 1962, when he joined the campaign to elect Milward Simpson to U.S. Senator. Upon Simpson's successful bid, Watt joined the newly elected Wyoming senator where he served as a legislative assistant and counsel. From 1966 through 1971, Watt held numerous Federal positions in Washington D.C. In July 1972, he was appointed Director of the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. In 1975, Watt joined the Federal Power Commission where he served a...

Thomson, Thyra

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Thyra Thomson was the Secretary of State in Wyoming from 1962-1986. For many of those years, she was the highest elected woman state official in the United States. She was active with the Equal Rights Amendment, public land and oil lease issues, and securities. From the guide to the Thyra Thomson papers, 1931-1986, (University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.) Thyra Thomson (1916- ) served as Wyoming Secretary of State from 1962-1986. From the description of...