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==Retirement==

===Retirement===

   

   

After retiring from UW, Simpson and his wife, the former Lynne Alice Livingston (born 1940), left Laramie to return to their native Cody.<ref name=larboom/> The couple married c. 1960. Their sons are Pete Simpson, Jr., who has been a musician with the Blue Man Group in [[New York City]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwyo.edu/profiles/notable-alumni/simpson-peter-jr.html|title=Pete Simpson, Jr.: Cast member, New York City production of the Blue Man Group|publisher=uwyo.edu|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref> and Milward Allen Simpson (born 1962), a Democrat who served as the director of the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources in the administration of Governor [[Dave Freudenthal]]. This Milward Simpson had been mentioned as a potential Democratic candidate for governor at the same time that his cousin, Colin Simpson, unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the office that their paternal grandfather once held.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_e021b7c0-15da-11df-bd36-001cc4c03286.html|title=Milward Simpson says he won't run for governor, February 9, 2010|publisher=trib.com|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref>  

After retiring from UW, Simpson and his wife, the former Lynne Alice Livingston (born 1940), left Laramie to return to their native Cody.<ref name=larboom/> The couple married c. 1960. Their sons are Pete Simpson, Jr., who has been a musician with the Blue Man Group in [[New York City]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwyo.edu/profiles/notable-alumni/simpson-peter-jr.html|title=Pete Simpson, Jr.: Cast member, New York City production of the Blue Man Group|publisher=uwyo.edu|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref> and Milward Allen Simpson (born 1962), a Democrat who served as the director of the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources in the administration of Governor [[Dave Freudenthal]]. This Milward Simpson had been mentioned as a potential Democratic candidate for governor at the same time that his cousin, Colin Simpson, unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the office that their paternal grandfather once held.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_e021b7c0-15da-11df-bd36-001cc4c03286.html|title=Milward Simpson says he won't run for governor, February 9, 2010|publisher=trib.com|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref>