Tom Walsh is a former state representative from Casper who resigned in 2008 while undergoing treatment for leukemia.
Tom Forslund's passion, starting in the fourth grade, was politics. "I loved politics. I loved watching elections. I got involved in youth politics during my school years. And I wanted to do something with politics. But I didn't know how to make a living with it. But I wanted to be involved in something associated with politics." Forslund completed an undergraduate degree and went to work in the private sector, but found it was not rewarding at all for him. "So I went back to graduate school, went into public administration and ultimately got into local government and have been deep into politics ever since. It's a different way, not the classical way. But I figured out a way to make a living chasing my passion."
Tom Forslund's passion, starting in the fourth grade, was politics. "I loved politics. I loved watching elections. I got involved in youth politics during my school years. And I wanted to do something with politics. But I didn't know how to make a living with it. But I wanted to be involved in something associated with politics." Forslund completed an undergraduate degree and went to work in the private sector, but found it was not rewarding at all for him. "So I went back to graduate school, went into public administration and ultimately got into local government and have been deep into politics ever since. It's a different way, not the classical way. But I figured out a way to make a living chasing my passion."
Tom Stroock came to Wyoming in 1948 after graduating from Yale University and 3 1/2 years of World War II service in the United States Marines. He and his wife, Marta, were married in 1949, and have four daughters and eight grandchildren. Stroock worked as a roughneck on a drilling rig before starting an oil and gas properties firm, The Stroock Leasing Corporation, and Alpha Exploration Inc., oil producers, in 1952. Stroock began a storied political career winning election to the Natrona County school board. He was elected state senator from Natrona County for five separate terms. Tom and Marta started the Stroock Forum on Wyoming Lands and People in 1996. He served 3-1/2 years for George H.W. Bush as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala.
Bass player Tom Zabriskie watches for ques from the conductor during a local strings practice Tuesday night.
Actor Tom Cruise waves to media when arriving at the Salzburg airport in Austria, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Tom Cruise is in Salzburg ti shoot scenes for a movie called "Knight and Day". (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Actor Tom Cruise leaves the plane after his arrival at the Salzburg airport in Austria, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Tom Cruise is in Salzburg ti shoot scenes for a movie called "Knight and Day". (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Actor Tom Cruise waves to media when arriving at the Salzburg airport in Austria, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Tom Cruise is in Salzburg ti shoot scenes for a movie called "Knight and Day". (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Actor Tom Cruise waves to media when arriving at the Salzburg airport in Austria, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Tom Cruise is in Salzburg ti shoot scenes for a movie called "Knight and Day". (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Actor Tom Cruise waves to media when arriving at the Salzburg airport in Austria, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Tom Cruise is in Salzburg ti shoot scenes for a movie called "Knight and Day". (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Actor Tom Cruise leaves the plane after his arrival at the Salzburg airport in Austria, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Tom Cruise is in Salzburg ti shoot scenes for a movie called "Knight and Day". (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Actor Tom Cruise waves to media when arriving at the Salzburg airport in Austria, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Tom Cruise is in Salzburg ti shoot scenes for a movie called "Knight and Day". (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Actor Tom Cruise waves to media when arriving at the Salzburg airport in Austria, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Tom Cruise is in Salzburg ti shoot scenes for a movie called "Knight and Day". (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson)
Dr. Tom Kraner and Dr. Satary, surrounded by residents, perform surgery on a patient at the Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital in Afghanistan. (Photo courtesy of Tom Kraner)
During Tom Kraner's time in Afghanistan, landscaping was added to the exterior of the Wazir Akbar Khan Hospital. (Photo courtesy of Tom Kraner)
Casey Leary, left, and Larry Keffer, the assistant naturalist at the Audubon Center at Garden Creek, watch birds through a window at the center on Saturday morning. Leary was participating in a beginner bird identification class, which continues the next two Thursdays from 7 - 9 p.m. with field trips taking place the next two Saturdays. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
University of Wyoming Athletics Director Tom Burman poses on the field on Friday morning in Laramie. Work on War Memorial Stadium continues in the background, which will add more luxury box seats when finished. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
A view from Tom Morton's 1948 black MG TC at the Cruizin' with the Oldies car show in Casper on Saturday. (Jake Mitchell/Star-Tribune)
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