The owner of a large cattle ranch in Wyoming, deBillier lived in the state from 1879 to 1892. From 1908 to 1924, he held diplomatic posts in Iran, Greece, Bolivia, Rome and Peru.

Robert D. Coe

b. New York, 1902, d. May 26, 1985

Coe, who owned a ranch southwest of Cody, served as U.S. Ambassador to Denmark from 1953 to 1957. He was a career State Department employee whose father, William R. Coe, was a well-known businessman and philanthropist.

J. Butler Wright

b. New York, 1877, d. 1939

Wright, a career diplomat, served as U.S. minister to Hungary (1927-30), envoy to Uruguay (1930-34), minister to Czechoslovakia (1934-37) and U.S. ambassador in Cuba from July 1937 until his death. Early in his career, following six years in banking in New York City, Wright operated a Wyoming ranch for two years. Later, when he was in the State Department, he owned a ranch near Cody and visited there frequently.

Nelson T. Johnson

b. Washington D.C., 1887, d. Dec. 3, 1954

A career diplomat, Johnson married Jane Thornton Beck of Cody in 1931 while he was serving as U.S. ambassador to China. He served in that post from 1929 to 1941. Later, he was U.S. ambassador to Australia from 1941 to 1946. He and his family made frequent visits back to his wife’s hometown.

Gale McGee

b. Nebraska, 1915, d. 1992

Former Senator McGee was U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) in the Carter administration from 1977 to 1981.

Francois Dickman

b. Iowa, 1924, d. Laramie, April 12, 2015 ^[1]

Dickman was reared in Laramie and graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1947. A career diplomat, he served as Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from 1976 to 1979 and U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait from 1979 to 1983. Following his retirement from the State Department, he joined the political science faculty at the University of Wyoming.

David Nicholas

b. Gillette, 1941, d. Ukraine, 2004

The former Albany County legislator was appointed U.S. representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance in 1989. He died while on assignment with OSCE in the Ukraine in 2004.

Tom Stroock

b. New York, 1925

President George Bush nominated the veteran Natrona County legislator to become U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala in 1989. He served until 1992.

Mike Sullivan

b. Nebraska, 1939

Sullivan’s appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland was confirmed by the Senate on October 21, 1998 and served in this capacity until June 20, 2001. A former governor of Wyoming, Sullivan was appointed by President Bill Clinton. Sullivan was the first sitting governor to endorse Clinton for the presidency in 1992.

1."Francois M. Dickman" obituary, Casper Star Tribune, April 17, 2015. (accessed September 2015)

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