In addition to serving as Wyoming's first lady, Nancy Freudenthal is a practicing attorney and mother of four.
Governor Dave Freudenthal of Wyoming. File photo, Casper Star-Tribune.
Dave Freudenthal took office as Wyoming's 31st governor on Jan. 6, 2003. Gov. Freudenthal was born in Thermopolis in 1950, the seventh of eight children. He grew up on the family farm north of town. Farm life taught him to fix things by himself and to reuse every scrap of wood. To help pay for college, he worked construction jobs, including welding tanks. After graduating from Amherst College in 1973,he returned to Wyoming. While working for the state first as an economist for the Wyoming Department of Economic Planning and Development and then as the state planning coordinator, Freudenthal simultaneously earned a law degree from the University of Wyoming. He practiced law in Cheyenne from 1980 until he was appointed United States Attorney for Wyoming in 1994. Dave and his wife Nancy have four children: Don, Hillary, Bret and Katie. He enjoys spending time with his family, hunting, fishing and restoring sheep wagons, Airstream trailers and antique furniture.
Gov. Dave Freudenthal presents a flag for transfer of command to Capt. Nona Nissen, commander of the 1041st Engineer Company, on Thursday as first lady Nancy Freudenthal looks on. The Wyoming Army National Guard unit leaves for 18 months of duty in Iraq and was given a rousing send-off by the governor and others during a ceremony in Rock Springs Thursday. Photo by Jeff Gearino, Casper Star-Tribune.
Wyoming governor Dave Freudenthal greets delegates during a luncheon Tuesday afternoon in downtown Denver. Photo by DAN CEPEDA, Star-Tribune.
Changes could come to the Green River landfill, seen in this 2007 file photo, if local solid waste managers decide to move to a regional landfill system in southwest Wyoming. (Jeff Gearino/Star-Tribune file)
Roughnecks work on an EnCana natural gas well near Moneta earlier this month. Low prices for natural gas have significantly slowed the industry in Wyoming. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
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