Stanley K. Hathaway

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Stanley K. Hathaway
40th United States Secretary of the Interior
In office June 12, 1975 – October 9, 1975
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Rogers Morton
Succeeded by	Thomas S. Kleppe
27th Governor of Wyoming
In office 1967 – 1975
Preceded by	Clifford Hansen
Succeeded by	Edgar Herschler
Born	July 19, 1924(1924-07-19) Osceola, Nebraska
Died	October 4, 2005 (aged 81) Cheyenne, Wyoming
Political party	Republican
Religion	Episcopalian

Stanley Knapp Hathaway (July 19, 1924–October 4, 2005) was a U.S. Republican politician who served as Governor of Wyoming from 1967 to 1975. Thereafter, he served four months as the United States Secretary of the Interior.

[edit] Early life

He was born in Osceola in Polk County in Nebraska, the son of Robert and Lily Knapp. Following his mother's death when he was only two years old, he was adopted by Franklin and Velma Hathaway. He entered the University of Wyoming in Laramie but dropped out to join the military. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Corps. Following the war, he graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He earned a bachelor's degree in 1948 and a law degree in 1950. He was married to the former Roberta Hurley, who died in 2004. The couple had two children.

[edit] Political career

From 1954 until his election in 1962 as state Republican Party chairman, he served as prosecuting attorney for Goshen County, Wyoming. He was party chairman for two years until 1964. After his two terms as governor, Hathaway joined the Cabinet of his fellow native Nebraskan, U.S. President Gerald Ford before resigning for health reasons. Following his tenure as Interior Secretary, he returned to Wyoming, and co-founded the law firm of Hathaway and Kunz, where he practiced until his death. He died at his home in Cheyenne from an undisclosed illness at the age of eighty-one.

He is remembered for the Hathaway Scholarships available to Wyoming students attending colleges within the state.

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v • d • e Cabinet of President Gerald Ford (1974-1977) Vice President Vacant (1974), Nelson Rockefeller (1974-1977) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (1974–1977) Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon (1974–1977) Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger (1974–1975) • Donald Rumsfeld (1975–1977) Attorney General William Saxbe (1974-1975) • Edward Levi (1975-1977) Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton (1974–1975) • Stanley K. Hathaway (1975) • Thomas S. Kleppe (1975-1977) Secretary of the Agriculture Earl Butz (1974–1976) • John Albert Knebel (1976-1977) Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent (1974–1975) • Rogers Morton (1975) • Elliot Richardson (1975-1977) Secretary of Labor Peter J. Brennan (1974–1975) • John Thomas Dunlop (1975–1976) • William Usery, Jr. (1976-1977) Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Caspar Weinberger (1974-1975) • F. David Mathews (1975-1977) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development James Thomas Lynn (1974-1975) • Carla Anderson Hills (1975–1977) Secretary of Transportation Claude Brinegar (1974–1975) • William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. (1975–1977)