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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Dean Truxell Prosser, Jr.
| name=Dean Truxell Prosser, Jr.
| office=[[Wyoming]] State Representative for Laramie County
| office=[[Wyoming]] State Representative<br> for Laramie County
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| term_start=1971
| term_start=1971
'''Dean Truxell Prosser, Jr.''' (May 10, 1917 &mydash; September 24, 2007),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Dean+T._Prosser,+Jr.&event=_cheyenne-laramie-wyoming-usa_67052&birth=1917|title=Dean T. Prosser, Jr.|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=September 15, 2019}}</ref> was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[Wyoming]] House of Representatives from 1971–1983, who authored major environmental legislation He was also the executive secretary and then the executive vice-president of the influential Wyoming Stockgrowers Association from 1963 to1984. He worked thereafter with the National Cattleman's Association to establish the existing cattle import quota law.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.wyomingnews.com/milestones/dean-t-prosser-jr/article_902aed06-b620-5a89-9bd9-3e1b99fb66ff.html|title=Dean T. Prosser, Jr.|publisher=''Wyoming Tribune Eagle''|date=September 27, 2007|accessdate=September 15, 2019}}</ref>
'''Dean Truxell Prosser, Jr.''' (May 10, 1917 &mydash; September 24, 2007),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Dean+T._Prosser,+Jr.&event=_cheyenne-laramie-wyoming-usa_67052&birth=1917|title=Dean T. Prosser, Jr.|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=September 15, 2019}}</ref> was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the [[Wyoming]] House of Representatives from 1971–1983, who authored major environmental legislation He was also the executive secretary and then the executive vice-president of the influential Wyoming Stockgrowers Association from 1963 to1984. He worked thereafter with the National Cattleman's Association to establish the existing cattle import quota law.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.wyomingnews.com/milestones/dean-t-prosser-jr/article_902aed06-b620-5a89-9bd9-3e1b99fb66ff.html|title=Dean T. Prosser, Jr.|publisher=''Wyoming Tribune Eagle''|date=September 27, 2007|accessdate=September 15, 2019}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Prosser was born in [[Cheyenne]] to Dean Prosser, Sr. (1888-1958), and the former Dorothy Riner (1889–1973) and spent his early years on the family ranch in Albany County near Laramie. He attended the first six grades at the former Pumpkin Vine School in Tie Siding, located north of the [[Colorado]] border. He then attended University Prep School and lived at Sherwood Hall in Laramie. In 1934, he graduated from Cheyenne Central High School. Thereafter in 1939, he procured a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the [[University of Colorado]] at Boulder.<ref name=obit/>
Prosser was born in [[Cheyenne]] to Dean Prosser, Sr. (1888-1958), and the former Dorothy Riner (1889–1973) and spent his early years on the family ranch in Albany County near Laramie. He attended the first six grades at the former Pumpkin Vine School in Tie Siding, located north of the [[Colorado]] border. He then attended University Prep School and lived at Sherwood Hall in Laramie. In 1934, he graduated from Cheyenne Central High School. Thereafter in 1939, he procured a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the [[University of Colorado]] at Boulder.<ref name=obit/>