Background
Shaffer, Thomas Albert was born on June 28, 1933 in Thermopolis, Wyoming, United States. Son of Roy Albert and Irene Wilson (Meahl) Shaffer.
Shaffer, Thomas Albert was born on June 28, 1933 in Thermopolis, Wyoming, United States. Son of Roy Albert and Irene Wilson (Meahl) Shaffer.
Bachelor of Science in Animal Production, University Wyoming, 1960.
Assistant county agent, U. Wyoming, Basin, 1960-1962; ranch hand, Basin Ranch, Thermopolis, 1962-1967; park attendant, Wyoming Recreation Commission, Thermopolis, 1967-1968; park superintendent, Wyoming Recreation Commission, South Pass City, 1968-1971; history sites administrator, Wyoming Recreation Commission, Cheyenne, 1971-1973; chief systems planning division, Wyoming Recreation Commission, Cheyenne, 1973-1978; deputy director, Wyoming Recreation Commission, Cheyenne, 1978-1979; ranch manager, Double K Ranch, McFadden, Wyoming, 1979-1983; director, Hot Springs History Museum, Thermopolis, since 1983.
Member planning committee McFadden School, 1981-1983. Deacon North Cheyenne Baptist Church, 1974-1977. Board directors South Cheyenne Sewer & Water Board, 1978-1979, Old Thermopolis, Inc., since 1989.
Chairman scout committee Troop 53 Boy Scouts American, since 1984. Member R.R. Days Committee, 1985. With United States Air Force, 1953-1956.
Member National Rifle Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Colorado Wyoming Association Museum (board directors since 1987), Wyoming Trails Council, University Wyoming Alumni Association, Chamber of C. (tourism committee 1983-1986), Mountain Plains Museum Association.
Married Eileen Naylor, November 20, 1965. Children: Wade Thomas, Leslie Ann Shinaver, Chad Eric.