August 4, 2022 Meeting Summary

 

Rotarian of the Week: John Bard nominated Jamie Terry for serving as president; Tom Mangan nominated Todd Pearson for his work umpiring at the USA Girls Softball National Tournament.  

 

Special Presentation: Roger Beeson and President Jamie Terry exchanged club flags.

 

Songs: Are You Sleeping?; Beer Barrel Polka

 

 

Kermit Brown originally wanted to run a ranch, so he has a degree in animal husbandry. He also has a commercial pilot license. Brown went to the Navy and spent two years at sea during Vietnam.

 

After law school, he first practiced in Wheatland and then in Rawlins. Brown started in criminal law and then made a pivot to civil law.

 

He started a practice in 1992, and he moved to Laramie in 1996. He ran for a state legislature seat and held that for 12 years. Brown finished as Speaker of the House.

 

The governor appointed him to the UW Board of Trustees. He is currently the vice president and will move up to president.

 

Brown loves practicing law. He mostly handles estate planning, real estate, and business law now. Law is all about solving complex human problems.

 

Murray Schroeder is a civil engineer. He followed in his dad’s footsteps, and now has a daughter that is an engineer as well.

 

He landed in Wyoming about two weeks after graduating for a job at WWC Engineering. When he started, the company had about 30 employees and now has around 100. Schroeder moved up through the various positions.

 

He joined Rotary after working on a Laramie River project with Tony Hoch. He has consistently helped with the Duck Race, headed up community cleanup day, and is now on the board.

 

Schroeder has been a Big Brother for about 12 years, and he has three daughters. His piece of wisdom is Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick 2.

 

Tom Mangan is now retired, but he originally managed a wholesale paint business in Colorado. His family wanted a different lifestyle, so they moved to Laramie, where his wife, Maleta, grew up. Mangan then moved into banking. Mangan worked at First Interstate Bank for 35 years, and he retired in 2013. He handled retail, cash management, operations, and facilities. He also hired Randi Downham.

 

Mangan has two kids and six grandkids. He joined Rotary in 1997. He was president in 2012. Mangan has gotten more out of Rotary than he has put in.

 

Of the things we think, say, or do

•Is it the Truth?

•Is it Fair?

•Will it build Good Will and Better Friendships?

•Will it be Beneficial to All Concerned?

 

The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

•FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

•SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society;

•THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life;

•FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

 

Like us on Facebook!

 

Spoke Editor: Caitlin White, 307-630-1965, cwhite@acplwy.org