While at UW, Simpson and his brother, [[Alan Simpson|Alan]], both [[Moderate Republicans]] and known as after-dinner speakers, were asked by the political science department to team teach a course for one time only, but the effort became so successful that Pete Simpson was still involved in the course twelve years later.<ref name=atauo>{{cite web|url=http://www.ato.org/AlphaTauOmega/Publications/ATONews/20111006/Pete_Simpson_Wyoming_50_Receives_Medallion_Service_Award.aspx= | While at UW, Simpson and his brother, [[Alan Simpson|Alan]], both [[Moderate Republicans]] and known as after-dinner speakers, were asked by the political science department to team teach a course for one time only, but the effort became so successful that Pete Simpson was still involved in the course twelve years later.<ref name=atauo>{{cite web|url=http://www.ato.org/AlphaTauOmega/Publications/ATONews/20111006/Pete_Simpson_Wyoming_50_Receives_Medallion_Service_Award.aspx= |