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Encyclopedia > Jim Geringer

Jim Geringer (born April 24, 1944) is a former Governor of Wyoming (Republican), serving from January 1995 to January 2003. Geringer was born in Wheatland, Wyoming and was raised on the family farm. He graduated from Wheatland High School. Jim earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University in 1967. During the same year he married Sherri and was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force, assigned to space development programs in California. April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... List of Wyoming Governors Francis E. Warren Republican 1890 Amos W. Barber Republican 1890-1893 John E. Osborne Democratic 1893-1895 William A. Richards Republican 1895-1899 DeForest Richards Republican 1899-1903 Fenimore Chatterton Republican 1903-1905 Bryant B. Brooks Republican 1905-1911 Joseph M. Carey Democratic 1911-1915 John... This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. ... Wheatland is a town located in Platte County, Wyoming. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... The W16 engine from a Bugatti Veyron Mechanical engineering is a very broad field of engineering that involves the application of physical principles for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. ... Kansas State University (sometimes referred to as K-State) is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States. ... The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerospace branch of the United States armed forces. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ...


In 1977 Jim chose to give up a promising career in the Air Force to take up farming and raise his family in Wyoming. After a stint at the Missouri Basin Power Project's Laramie River Station from 1977 to 1979, he went into farming and cattle feeding full time. By 1984 the Geringers had purchased their own farm.


Jim has participated in community service organizations such as the Farm Bureau, Farmer's Union, Rotary Club, Lions Club, Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, National Federation of Independent Business, Chamber of Commerce, and the American Legion. He also continued his military service, receiving several reserve commission assignments. The Geringers are also active members of the Lutheran Church. The American Farm Bureau Federation calls itself the Voice of Agriculture, and was founded in 1919 in Chicago, Illinois at a meeting attended by a number of state representatives. ... Logo of Rotary International Rotary International is an organisation whose members comprise Rotary Clubs (service clubs) located all over the world. ... Lions Clubs International is the worlds largest service club organisation with 46,000 clubs and 1. ... External links Ducks Unlimited Ducks Unlimited Canada Ducks Unlimited is an international non profit organisation dedicated to the conservation of wetlands and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, other wildlife and people. ... The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) is a lobbying organization with offices in Washington, DC USA, and in all 50 state capitols. ... Chambers of commerce are business advocacy groups which are usually not associated with government. ... The American Legion is an organization of veterans of the United States armed forces who served in wartime. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ...


Geringer was first elected to the Wyoming Legislature in 1982, and served six years in each house before taking office as Governor of Wyoming in 1995. Governor Geringer was chairman of the Western Governors' Association and the Education Commission of the States. He also served on John Glenn's National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, the National Commission on Service-Learning, and on the Goals 2000 panel. John Herschel Glenn Jr. ...

Preceded by:
Mike Sullivan
Governor of Wyoming
1995–2003
Succeeded by:
Dave Freudenthal


Michael John Mike Sullivan (born September 22, 1939 in Omaha, Nebraska) was governor of the U.S. state of Wyoming from 1987 to 1995. ... List of Wyoming Governors Francis E. Warren Republican 1890 Amos W. Barber Republican 1890-1893 John E. Osborne Democratic 1893-1895 William A. Richards Republican 1895-1899 DeForest Richards Republican 1899-1903 Fenimore Chatterton Republican 1903-1905 Bryant B. Brooks Republican 1905-1911 Joseph M. Carey Democratic 1911-1915 John... David D. Freudenthal (born October 12, 1950) is the governor of the U.S. state of Wyoming. ...

Governors of Wyoming
Warren | Barber | Osborne | W. Richards | D. Richards | Chatterton | Brooks | J. Carey | Kendrick | Houx | R. Carey | W. Ross | Lucas | N. Ross | Emerson | Clark | Miller | Smith | Hunt | Crane | Barrett | Rogers | Simpson | Hickey | Gage | Hansen | Hathaway | Herschler | Sullivan | Geringer | Freudenthal

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