Stanley K. Hathaway

Source: White House Press Release - April 4, 1975

The President today announced his intention to nominate Stanley K. Hathaway, of Torrington, Wyoming to be Secretary of the Interior. He will succeed Rogers C. B. Morton who the President intends to nominate as Secretary of Commerce.

In January 1967, Governor Hathaway began serving as Governor of Wyoming, a post he held until January 1975. A lawyer, he served as Goshen County Prosecuting Attorney in Wyoming from 1954 to 1962.

As Governor of Wyoming, Mr. Hathaway served as a member of the Executive Committee of the National Governor's Conference from 1968 to 1969 and was Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Management from 1973 to 1974. He was Vice Chairman of the Western Governors' Conference from 1969 to 1970 and Chairman from 1970 to 1971.

Governor Hathaway was born on July 19, 1924, in Osceola, Nebraska. He received his B.A. degree in 1948 and his LL. B. degree in 1950 from the University of Nebraska. He served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945.

Governor Hathaway is married to the former Roberta Harley and they have two children.

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