Dr. S. J. Giovale of Cheyenne, Wyoming, left, Teno Roncalio, right. The little girl is Elvira. Taken in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

of floors. Any job was a good job as long as it helped pay the college expense.

Teno was a great admirer of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. His entrance into politics was a resuit of this admiration. He joined the Young Democrats of Laramie and was elected to an office. He soon was a delegate to the Wyoming State Convention of Young Democrats.

During his second year at the University Teno ran for and was elected to the Student Body Presidency. He was also business manager for the University’s weekly newspaper The Branding Iron.

In 1941, Teno left the University to work for Joseph C. O’Mahoney in Washington, D. C. He enrolled in Catholic University as a law student, attending night classes and working days. In 1942 he resigned as Research Clerk in the Senate and enlisted in the United States Infantry. He requested overseas duty and was sent to North Africa with the First Infantry Division in March of 1943. He spent the remaining thirty-three months of World War II in the 18th Infantry Regiment, First Division, participating in the beach head invasion at Gela, Sicily on July 10, 1943, and at Omaha Beach, June 1944. Teno also saw action in seven campaigns in North Africa, Italy, France, Central Europe and Germany and was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. He was discharged as a Captain, in 1945.

The war over, Teno returned to the University at Laramie, Wyoming where he acquired a degree in Law. In 1949, Teno was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Wyoming.

Teno, age 10 director of the Washington School Band— Rock Springs. l-r. Only first names and last initial are given

—Albert G.; Dick M.; Elizabeth B.; Glen L.; Kiano L.; C.

Hughes; Hugh B.; Helvie L.; Jack C.; Veina 0.; and John

Bugas. Celeste Roncaglio—Director.

Between the years of 1949 and 1961, Teno was engaged in a variety of pursuits. He practiced law in Cheyenne serving as a prosecutor. He edited the Wyoming Labor Journal, helped found several banks, including the Cheyenne National at Cheyenne, and was a motion picture exhibitor in two southern Wyoming towns. In 1956, Teno was admitted to practice in the Federal Courts and became president of the Laramie County Bar Association.

In 1957, Roncalio was elected Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. In 1959, at a dinner in honor of the then Senator John F. Kennedy, Teno said that if the Democratic party leaders were to have courage enough to nominate Kennedy for President, he would be elected and would give America the leadership which would match the challenge of our times.

Teno was one of Kennedy’s most enthusiastic backers and after he was elected to the Presidency, Mr. Kennedy rewarded his efforts with an appointment as Chairman of the United States Section of the International Commission (U. S. and Canada). Teno was also appointed a member of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin. He resigned from both positions to become a candidate for U. S. Representative from Wyoming. In 1964, he was elected to that office, unseating his opponent, the veteran Republican legislator, William Henry Harrison.

The Wyoming Congressman has received not a few honors both at home and in Washington. In 1957, Teno was cited by the B’nai B’rith for Men-

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