Rodger McDaniel

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Rodger McDaniel
Member of the Wyoming Senate
In office
1977–1981
Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives
In office
1971–1977
Personal details
Born (1948-08-14) August 14, 1948 (age 75)
Leadville, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePatricia
Children2
Residence(s)Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Wyoming College of Law (JD)
Iliff School of Theology (MDiv)
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Rodger McDaniel (born August 14, 1948) is an American politician from the state of Wyoming. He is a member of the Democratic Party. McDaniel has served in the Wyoming Senate and Wyoming House of Representatives.

Career

Rodger McDaniel was born in

U.S. Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-WY). During his tenure as a state legislator, McDaniel received the "Legislator of the Year" award. He has also served on the Board of Trustees of Laramie County Community College.[citation needed
]

McDaniel graduated from the

Anheuser Busch
Companies for all of his legal career. He also participated, as a member of the Lawyer's Guild, as a human rights observer in Guatemala.

From 1991–1992, McDaniel and his family joined Habitat for Humanity as International Partners in Guatemala and Nicaragua. Shortly after his return to Wyoming, McDaniel closed his law practice in order to attend Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado, earning a Masters in Divinity Degree.

Between 1999 and 2002, McDaniel consulted for the Wyoming Department of Health's Substance Abuse Division, where he co-authored, with Dr. Dennis Embry, Reclaiming Wyoming: A Comprehensive Blueprint for Prevention, Early Intervention and Treatment of Substance Abuse.[1] Governor Dave Freudenthal appointed McDaniel Director of the Department of Family Services in 2002. In 2006, Governor Freudenthal appointed him Deputy Director of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Division of the Department of Health.[2]

In 2013, Rodger McDaniel authored a book on the relationship between

Lester Hunt, entitled Dying for Joe McCarthy's Sins: The Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt.[3][4]

Rodger McDaniel resides in Cheyenne, Wyoming with his wife Patricia. They have two adult children and five grandchildren. He is the Pastor of Highlands United Presbyterian Church, as well as a published author and guest columnist for the Wyoming Tribune Eagle.[citation needed]

Bibliography

  • McDaniel, Rodger (2013). Dying for Joe McCarthy's Sins: The Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt. WordsWorth. .

References

  1. ^ Substance Abuse Division, Wyoming (2001). "Reclaiming Wyoming". google.com. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  2. ^ "McDaniel takes on new role". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Guilty: Senators convicted in mock trial". Wyoming Tribune Eagle. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Author McDaniel to sign copies of his new book about famous Landerite Lester Hunt Wednesday afternoon". County 10™. Retrieved 7 November 2015.


Party political offices
Preceded by
Class 1)
1982
Succeeded by