Dale Groutage is an engineer who unsuccessfully ran in 2006 as the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in Wyoming against incumbent Senator Craig Thomas. For details on the race, see Wyoming United States Senate election, 2006

Wyoming United States Senate election, 2006

The 2006 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held on November 7, 2006. The primaries were on August 22, 2006, in which both candidates were unopposed. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Craig Thomas won re-election to a third term.-Results:...

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Groutage received a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science, and a Ph.D in science and engineering from the University of Wyoming

University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...

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During the Cold War

Cold War

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, Groutage led several teams of U.S. scientists in the Navy, Air Force and Army, developing weapons systems and nuclear submarines. In 2001, he was named by the National Society of Professional Engineers

National Society of Professional Engineers

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as one of the top ten engineers in the federal government.