Background
Peck, Leroy Eugene was born on May 16, 1922 in Rugby, North Dakota, United States. Son of LeRoy Ellsworth and Elvira (Sostrom) Peck.
Peck, Leroy Eugene was born on May 16, 1922 in Rugby, North Dakota, United States. Son of LeRoy Ellsworth and Elvira (Sostrom) Peck.
Bachelor of Arts Journalism, U. Wyoming, 1944. Track coach, director athletic public U. Wyoming, 1946-1949. Co-public Riverton (Wyoming) Ranger, from 1949, Kemmerer (Wyoming) Gazette, since 1962, Powell (Wyoming) Tribune, from 1964, Lovell (Wyoming) Chronicle, from 1971, Thermopolis Indiana Record, from 1978, Star Valley Indiana, from 1978, Basin Republican-Rustler, from 1979.
Vice-president, director Morning Star Dairy, Inc., Riverton, 1953-1972, Allied Nuclear Corporation, 1957-1968, Western Standard Corporation, 1958-1968, president, from 1968. Executive director Wyoming Department Economics Planning and Development, 1967-1970. A founder Wyoming Mining Association, 1956.
Founder Wyoming Sugar Council, 1963. Chairman of Commission which started Wyoming Industrial Development Corporation, Riverton Industrial Committee, 1955-1967. Chairman natural resources council Federation Rocky Mountain States, 1966-1977.
Republican primary candidate for Congress, 1966, for Governor, 1974. Member Wyoming House of Representatives, 1970-1974, Wyoming Senate, from 1977. Chairman board directors Wyoming Blue Cross, 1967-1973.
Trustee U. Wyoming, 1953-1965.
Director Wyoming Department Economics Planning and Devel. Press Association (pres.
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Served to captain, infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Wyoming Press Association (president 1956), Sigma Delta Chi, Alpha Tau Omega.
Married Margaret Elizabeth MacFadyen, June 29, 1946. Children: John Christopher, Elizabeth Ann, David Harroun, James MacFadyen.