Biography
A Senator from Wyoming. Born in New York City, February 27, 1933. Attended the public schools of Big Horn, Wyo. , and the Cate School, Carpenteria, Calif. Graduated, Yale University 1954. Businessman and cattle rancher. Member, Wyoming house of representatives 1969-1972. Member, Wyoming senate 1973-1976. Served in the United States Army 1955-1957. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1976, reelected in 1982 and 1988 and served from January 3, 1977 to January 3, 1995. Not a candidate for reelection in 1994. Founded Frontiers of Freedom Institute in 1994 to study issues related to Constitutional freedoms. Member, Commission to Assess U. S. National Security Space Management and Organization ("Rumsfeld Space Commission") 2000-2001. Died September 14, 2011. Interment in Sheridan Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyoming.