Background
Weigner, Brent James was born on August 19, 1949 in Pratt, Kansas, United States. Son of Doyle Dean and Elizabeth (Hanger) Weigner.
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Brent James Weigner
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Bachelor, U. Northern Colorado, 1972; Master of Education, U. Wyoming, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Wyoming, 1984.
Career
Counselor, coach, Olympia Sport Village, Upson, Wyoming, summer 1968;
director youth sports, Forest Engineer Warren Air Force Base, Cheyenne, summers 1973, 74;
instructor geography, Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, 1974-1975;
teacher social science, McCormick Junior High School, Cheyenne, since 1975;
teacher social science, Laramie County School District 1, Cheyenne, since 1975;
head social studies department, McCormick Junior High School, since 1987;
curriculum advisory county chairman, Laramie County School District Northern 1, 1988-1989. Lecturer educational methods U. Wyoming, 1989, member clinical faculty, 1992-1994. National.chmn. Junior Olympic cross-country committee Amateur Athletic Union, Indianapolis, 1980-1981.
President Wyoming Athletic Congress, 1981-1987. Teacher consultant National Geography Society Geography Institute, summer 1991. Board directors Shadow Mountain Lodge, Aspen, Colorado, 1992-1993, United Medical Center of Wyoming Foundation, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Foreign exchange student of University Munich, 1971-1972. Head coach Cheyenne Track Club, since 1976, president, 1980. Deacon 1st Christian Church, Cheyenne, 1987-1990, elder, 1991-1993.
Representative candidate general election Wyoming Legislation, 1991. Member ASCD, National Education Association, National Network for Ednl. Renewal, National Council Social Studies, National Council Geography Education, Dominican Republican National Council for Geography Education(Cram scholarship 1992), Wyoming Geography Alliance (steering committee, Amazon Workshop Fellowship 1998), Cheyenne Teachers Education Association (governmental relations committee, instruction and professional development committee), U. Northern Colorado Alumni Association, Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce, Wyoming Heritage Society, Wyoming Education Association (World Book Encyclopedia classroom research project consultant since 1976, accountability task force 1989-1990), Fulbright Alumni Association (life), U. Wyoming Alumni Association (life), Cheyenne Sunrise, Lions (board directors Cheyenne 1987, president 1995-1996, 1st vice president 1993-1994, Melvin Jones Fellowship, 1995), Phi Delta Kappa (life, board directors Cheyenne since 1989, vice president, education award for research 1990, president 1992-1993,educational foundation representative 1993-1994, area 4-D coordinator 1994-1995, Gerald Read International Seminar scholar 1994.
Member outstanding doctoral dissertation committee 1994, 96).
Connections
Married Sue Ellen Weber Hume, March 30, 1985. Children: Russell John Hume, Scott William Hume.
