The Donor makes this gift in memory of her late parents who were committed and passionate about their community. This gift is meant to keep their legacy of service alive by helping students engage with their communities.

Daisy M. Walters, a South Dakota native, graduated from the University of South Dakota, and later taught home economics in high schools in South Dakota and Iowa. She and her husband George moved to Laramie in 1953 where they owned and operated the Walters Men’s...

After graduating from the University of Wyoming in 1953, Mr. Eddington worked for Holly Sugar in California, Wyoming, and Colorado. While at Holly, Mr. Eddington remained interested in agricultural research and worked with the University of Wyoming animal science...

Army Reserve Ambassador Barry D. Gasdek is a retired Infantry (Airborne, Ranger, Pathfinder) Soldier, US Army, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, having served in a variety of senior leadership and staff positions. Mr. Gasdek earned the Distinguished Service Cross,...

Diane Courselle joined the faculty as a Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of the Defender Aid Program in July 1998, and was then hired as a regular member of the faculty. She is currently a Professor of Law and Director of the Defender Aid Program. After...

The Donald G. and Irene L. Blakeman Scholarship Fund was established to support students enrolled in the College of Business. Don, a native of Sundance, WY, and Irene, a native of Paxton, MT, knew the value of higher education and how it can afford additional life...

A Wyoming native, Don Lobdell grew up in Casper and later attended the UW preparatory school in Laramie. June grew up in Midwest, Wyoming, and after graduating from Southwest Teachers College in Springfield, Missouri, she taught physical education at Natrona High...

My career as an Infectious Diseases physician brought me to Wyoming in 1992, where I founded Rocky Mountain Infectious Diseases. The practice has grown and provides specialty services throughout most of Wyoming. Excellent nursing has been a key to my success and...

The Fathi A. Mansour Memorial Scholarship is offered annually to accounting majors with demonstrated academic ability and financial need in memory of Dr. Fathi A. Mansour (1939-1979). Fathi was an Egyptian immigrant who came to the U.S. because of his love of...

This scholarship honors former veterinary pathologist, Dr. Rue Jensen. After serving at Colorado State University as a pathologist, dean of the college of veterinary medicine, vice-president of research, and director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, Rue came...

Terry Jenkins was a University of Wyoming distinguished emeritus professor of mathematics. Terry’s wife Sharon and their family felt it fitting to establish a mathematics scholarship in his name in the UW College of Arts and Sciences. The Terry L. Jenkins Mathematics...

Thom and Terry Flamboe first met at the Buckhorn Bar in downtown Laramie in 1972. Thom was awarded a Graduate Assistantship in Communication Disorders and Terry was finishing her Liberal Arts degree in Education. Thom came from Detroit, Michigan and Terry was from...

A native of Guernsey and a graduate of Wheatland High School (’42), Dr. William D. Wilson attended the University of Wyoming, lettering in baseball, after completing his military service. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army and served as a medic in the Pacific...

Earl and Minnie Lynch homesteaded in Wyoming in 1936 on a ranch in Weston County 50 miles from Newcastle. For over 50 years Earl was a National weather observer and received an award for his service. The Lynch’s were one of the last people to homestead in the state...

Offered a faculty appointment, Ernest George Rudolph happily accepted. For nearly a half century, he has been a solid pillar of the school. In January 1971, Dean Trelease announced his resignation from the deanship effective in the summer of 1971. He would remain on...

Offered a faculty appointment, Ernest George Rudolph happily accepted. For nearly a half century, he has been a solid pillar of the school. In January 1971, Dean Trelease announced his resignation from the deanship effective in the summer of 1971. He would remain on...

E. G. Meyer (Gerry) -2007 Outstanding Former Faculty A&S College The quintessential Renaissance man, E.G. “Gerry” Meyer rides his Harley to the office most days and seldom misses a morning jog. He collects art—mostly Western American. A member of the American...

When Josephine Keefe was a young girl in Minnesota, little did she know where her life would take her. In the late 1930s she came to visit family in Wyoming, where she met Eldon Johnston, a native Wyomingite. They were married in 1939 and shortly thereafter started a...

Emily Smith was a 1983 graduate of University of Wyoming and a varsity letter winner in volleyball and softball. Her zest for life, boundless energy, and enthusiasm greeted those she met. This scholarship honors her memory, while acknowledging a female, Wyoming...

Wyoming natives, Ernest Hilton and Helen Howard Hilton, both attended the University of Wyoming. Ernest received his bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Wyoming, and a doctorate in Education from the New York University. He began a 58 year career in...

Farm Credit Services of America finances the growth of rural America, including the special needs of young and beginning producers, providing credit and insurance services to farmers, ranchers, agribusiness and rural residents in Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, and...

Army Reserve Ambassador Barry D. Gasdek is a retired Infantry (Airborne, Ranger, Pathfinder) Soldier, US Army, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, having served in a variety of senior leadership and staff positions. Mr. Gasdek earned the Distinguished Service Cross,...

Army Reserve Ambassador Barry D. Gasdek is a retired Infantry (Airborne, Ranger, Pathfinder) Soldier, US Army, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, having served in a variety of senior leadership and staff positions. Mr. Gasdek earned the Distinguished Service Cross,...

Army Reserve Ambassador Barry D. Gasdek is a retired Infantry (Airborne, Ranger, Pathfinder) Soldier, US Army, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, having served in a variety of senior leadership and staff positions. Mr. Gasdek earned the Distinguished Service Cross,...

Frank J. Trelease was Western water law for almost his entire career. Only the lack of an enforceable doctrine of scholarly prior appropriation permitted many of us to enter the field with any confidence. He was often the first to address a major issue and his...

When Frederick Emory Warren was born on 20 January 1884, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, his father, Senator Francis Emeroy Warren, was 39 and his mother, Helen Mariah Smith, was 40. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Elizabeth Louise Cook. He died on 26 May 1949, in...

The unique relationship between Dean John A. Hill and Fred Warren was an excellent example of university/industry cooperation. Hill, an expert in wool, worked with Fred Warren of Warren Livestock of Cheyenne to start a sheep selection program. The selection was based...

Gary and Gloria Parker owned and operated Shamrock Angus Ranch north of Laramie, Wyoming for 12 years. During this time they participated in the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, Albany County 4-H organization, Wyoming Angus Association, the Wyoming Beef Cattle...

Geneva Bird taught home economics at Laramie High School and worked with Verna Hitchcock to coordinate programs for high school home economics. She participated in numerous home economics activities at the University of Wyoming and throughout the state. Her hard work...

George Guy, was the first graduate of the University of Wyoming College of Law to serve as the State’s Attorney General and had a 30-year career in the military.