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UW College of Agriculture
2005 Outstanding Alumni
   
Cynthia Lummis
"Status quo" isn't in the dictionary of Wyoming State Treasurer Cynthia Lummis. Growing up on a Hereford ranch near Cheyenne, Lummis decided at a young
age to raise shorthorn cattle for her 4-H project. "That allowed me to be a little different than my family," she recalls.

Putting age and gender aside, Lummis at age 24 campaigned hard to become the youngest woman in the Wyoming Legislature. She was later elected state treasurer and became the first woman to serve on the Cheyenne Frontier Days board.
Not afraid to buck the status quo, she took on Wyoming's staggering wage discrepancy between men and women. "This is a long process, yet I do believe there is a heightened awareness in Wyoming, which is the first step to solving the problem."

These are among the reasons Lummis has been selected a 2005 Outstanding Alumna for the College of Agriculture. She earned bachelor's degrees in animal science and biology as well as a law degree from UW and is a member of two UW boards: the Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources and the College of Business Advisory Council.

Richard Taggart
Richard J. "Dick" Taggart has ascended a mountain of trees to sit on one of the top financial jobs in the world. His duty: to manage the budget of a Fortune 200 company having annual sales of more than $22 billion.

Taggart's trail to becoming chief financial officer and an executive vice president of Weyerhaeuser Co. started in Evanston and at the University of Wyoming, where he
earned bachelor's and master's degrees in agricultural economics in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He specialized in natural resource management.

Taggart's success in the business world and the computer research he conductedwhile serving in the Navy are among the reasons he was selected a 2005 Outstanding Alumnus for the College of Agriculture.
"I am extremely honored by this recognition knowing that UW and the ag college were partly responsible for my success. I have a tremendous sense of identity with the state of Wyoming and the university," says Taggart, who lives in the Seattle, Washington, area.

Taggart proudly states he attends as many UW alumni events in his state as he can, and he is a member of the UW Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources board.

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