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.

George William Hopper was born in Cleveland and graduated from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee in 1951 with a Bachelor of Science degree with honors. He moved with his family to Cody, Wyoming in 1952 where his father served as an Episcopal parish...

In the fall of 1970, the University of Wyoming College of Law celebrated its 50th Anniversary and Professor Gallivan, a graduate of Notre Dame, began his tenure as a Professor of Law at this great institution. Preceding his arrival in Laramie, Gerry spent two years...

Glenn P. Roehrkasse started his career at the University of Wyoming in 1953 in the College of Agriculture and earned his Professorship in both Agricultural Economics and Statistics. He was responsible for setting up the Statistical Department with the College of...

Gordon and Reta Mae Tate both attended the University of Wyoming. Gordon graduated cum laude in 1933 after majoring in agronomy and agricultural economics, with minors in ag husbandry, English, public speaking, debate and journalism. According to Gordon, his greatest...

Gwen was born March 7, 1942 in Lusk to Blanche C. and Lloyd F. Schaefer. Growing up on the family dairy, she was active in 4-H and began a lifetime pursuit of music by performing in school band and chorus, and singing in the Lusk Congregational Church Choir during...

Hal had a long, varied and distinguished career in law. After graduating with a B.S. degree from Marshall University, Hal served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Following his military service, Hal received a J.D. degree from Duke Law School and a J.S.D....

Harold P. Alley was a nationally recognized expert in the field of weed science. A Wyoming native, Harold received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Wyoming and his doctorate in botanical sciences from Colorado State University. Harold began...

Harry LaToush received his bachelor’s degree in range management in 1961. After graduation, Mr. LaToush went on to obtain a master’s degree and is currently the owner of Sunburst, Inc., a livestock feeding service and consulting company in Scott City, Kansas. While...

The Laramie County Extension Homemakers established this scholarship in Helen Miller’s honor when she retired in 1977, after 36 years with the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service. She served 12 years as a home demonstration agent and 24 years as state...

Henry Petz was born in Nebraska in 1876, the eldest child of German immigrants. When he was 10, his family moved to Wyoming where they homesteaded north of Lusk. During the famous Johnson County War, young Henry worked as a ranch hand for John B. Kendrick of...

Herb Fisser taught University of Wyoming students about the ecology of rangelands for more than 30 years. He shared information with his students about his travels abroad, including his global view about the response of shrubs to livestock and wildlife grazing. In...

The Hines family has operated and lived on the Hines family ranch in Campbell County since 1900. A Gillette, Wyoming native, John graduated from Campbell County High School and later attended the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources....

This scholarship recognizes three generations of a pioneer family in southeastern Wyoming. W.A. (Will) Hovey, wife Ethel, and son Arthur proved up on a homestead in Goshen county in 1911. Arthur and his wife, Ruth, added their own holdings to the family operation....

This scholarship was established in memory of Howard I. Downer, who passed away in 1998. The scholarship was established by his wife Donna Beth Downer as a way of acknowledging Howard’s contributions and accomplishments in the field of vocational agriculture, and to...

Ira P. Trotter was a graduate of Cheyenne High School. He received further education at Blackstone Military Academy in Virginia, West Point Military Academy, Rice Institute in Houston, and the University of Colorado – Boulder. He received a law degree in 1926, but...

The Wyoming State Bar is pleased to announce that John B. “Jack” Speight, an attorney from Cheyenne has received the 2016 Community Service Award. Speight was recognized for his volunteer work as the Director of the Wyoming Lawyer Assistance Program (WyLAP) since its...

Dr. James A. Boucher generously established this scholarship to heighten students’ awareness of the possibility of a career in optometry. It was Dr. Boucher’s intent to enhance the criteria for awarding the scholarship so that more students may be exposed to this...

James L. Huemoeller was born Feb. 11, 1951, in Fairmont, Minn., to Donald “Barney” and Betty Huemoeller. He was a graduate of Truman High School in 1969. Following productive stints at Emory University and St. Cloud State, he worked in Jackson Hole, where he met his...