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Governor David D. Freudenthal, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Gov. Dave Freudenthal was born in Thermopolis in 1950, the seventh of eight children. He grew up on the family farm, north of town. He earned money for college by working construction during the summers. His jobs included building tanks as a member of the National Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths Union.

After graduating from Amherst (Massachusetts) College in 1973, he permanently returned to Wyoming to take a position as an economist for the Wyoming Department of Economic Planning and Development. Governor Ed Herschler appointed him State Planning Coordinator in 1975. As a graduate of the University of Wyoming’s College of Law, the governor opened his own one-man law office in Cheyenne in 1980. The office grew into a general practice firm, representing individuals and businesses. In 1994 he was appointed United States Attorney for Wyoming, a position he held until May 2001.

Over the years, he has actively participated in a wide variety of civic activities. Among other things, he has been Chairman of the Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce; a founding director of the Wyoming Student Loan Corporation; a member of the Education Policy Implementation Council; a member of the state Economic Development and Stabilization Board; a member of the Laramie County Community Action Board; and a lay reader and Vestryperson in his church.

The governor and First Lady Nancy Freudenthal, herself a private attorney in Cheyenne, have four children: Donald; Hillary; Bret; and Katie.

Gov. Dave Freudenthal's Office