A statue of Governor Stanley K. Hathaway will be unveiled in Cheyenne on November 18th. Governor Matt Mead will accept the gift of the statue on behalf of the State of Wyoming. Governor Hathaway served from 1967 to 1975. He is most remembered for enacting Wyoming’s first mineral severance tax in 1969 and for playing an instrumental role in creating the Permanent Mineral Trust Fund in 1973. After serving two terms as Governor, Hathaway went on to become Secretary of the Interior for President Gerald R. Ford. The bronze statue was created by Wheatland artist Carl E. Jensen. The unveiling ceremony will take place at the Hathaway Building, 2300 Capitol Avenue, on November 18th, at 11 a.m..
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