LARAMIE — Robert S. Fiero, 1956 graduate of Lyman High School was named and recognized at the UW Homecoming game on Oct. 25, as a Distinguished UW Alumnus.

The recognition was during the half time of the Wyoming football game. Fiero was recognized for his life’s work from that of a son of a rancher and businessman to travelling the wide expanse of the world and participating in the major military events of the last century. Earning the rank of Colonel, Fiero served in Germany, Vietnam, Korea and on the home front. And as reported in the UWyo magazine Vol. 21, fall issue, “During his service in Vietnam, he trained Vietnamese Ranger Battalions and served in covert special operations in Laos and Cambodia. In his early work at the Pentagon, he was deputy chief of staff for personnel for training division, responsible for all basic training and professional development courses for the Army. He attended the Air War College and graduated with honors, as well as earning an MPA with honors from Auburn University. Later at the Pentagon serving the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Command, Control, and Communications and Intelligence, or C3I, he attended National Security Council meetings and served on President-elect Ronald Reagan’s transition team.”

He later returned to his home stomping ground where he ran the family ranch with his mother and sister, became “involved in the Cowboy Joe Club and its Steer-A-Year program which has generated $3 million since its inception for scholarships to UW.