Peter Kooi Simpson Sr. He is a member of the Simpson political family of Wyoming. From tohe was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Sheridanwhere at the time he was employed in administration by the community collegeSheridan College.
InSimpson was the Wyoming Republican gubernatorial nominee. He polled 46 percent of the vote in his race against the Democrat Michael J. Sullivan [3] of Douglas in Converse County in southeastern Wyoming. Senator Milward L.
Simpson and Lorna née Kooia native of Chicago. Another great-grandparent, Finn Burnett, knew Sacajawea and was an advisor the Shoshone chief, Washakie. Simpson graduated in from the University of Wyoming in Laramiewhere he was a member of the student senate, lettered in basketball with the UW Cowboysand received a Bachelor of Artsthe first of his three degrees in the field of history.
After four years in the United States Navy[7] he moved to Billings, Montanawhere he starred in a local television program and became involved in folk music. He would be a member of that body some two decades thereafter.
Simpson thereafter earned his Ph. He is a member of the fraternity Alpha Tau Omega. In the early s, Simpson returned to Wyoming to accept a position as the assistant to the president at Casper College in Casperthe state's second largest city.
He then became dean of instruction at Sheridan College. After his legislative service ended inSimpson left Sheridan to become vice president for development at the University of Wyoming and the executive director of the UW Foundation. He resigned from UW to run for governor but returned in as vice president for development and alumni affairs.
Thereafter, he was elevated to his terminal position of UW vice president for institutional advancement. After retirement inSimpson remained in Laramie and taught history on an adjunct basis at UW and was in and the Milward Simpson Distinguished Visiting Professor, named for his father.
WattU. President Gerald R. Ford, Jr. While at UW, Simpson and his brother, Alan, were invited to team teach for one semester only by the political science department, but Pete Simpson was still teaching the course twelve years later.
Senate, Alan Simpson became a lecturer for several years for the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Universitypeter simson familj he returned to Cody in to practice law with his two sons, Colin and William Simpson.