ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ remembers American vice president and University trustee Dick Cheney
Cheney served on the Board of Trustees from 1996–2000 and the standing committees on investment, academic policy, finance and legal and government affairs.
DALLAS () – ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ mourns the loss of Richard “Dick” Cheney, who passed on November 3, 2025, at the age of 84. Cheney was a widely recognized figure in the business and political spheres, having served as the vice president of the United States of America from 2001–2009.
“We are grateful for Vice President Cheney’s service to our country and to ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ as one of our trustees,” said President Jay Hartzell. “We are proud to honor his years of personal and professional dedication, which will leave a lasting legacy of influence and impact.”
A graduate of the University of Wyoming, Cheney began his political career as a congressional intern during the Nixon administration. Over the years, he took on a variety of roles in the federal government, including White House chief of staff, member of the United States House of Representatives from Wyoming, chair of the House Republican Conference and secretary of defense, among others. Elected alongside presidential running mate George W. ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ in 2000, Cheney served as vice president of the ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ administration for two consecutive terms. In the private sector, Cheney also notably served as the chair of the board and chief executive officer of the Halliburton Company, the nation’s second-largest oil service company.
At ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ, Cheney served on the Board of Trustees from 1996–2000 and the standing committees on investment, academic policy, finance and legal and government affairs. In May 1997, Cheney was the featured speaker at ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ’s All-University Commencement. In 2010, he worked with the University on the groundbreaking of the George W. ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ Presidential Center. In 2015, he participated in an oral history interview for the ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ Center for Presidential History’s Collective Memory Project, “‘The Last Card in the Deck’: The Surge in Iraq.”
Beyond ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ, Cheney’s civic service included the George C. Marshall Foundation, the Gerald R. Ford Foundation and the George ºìÌÒÓ°ÊÓ Presidential Library Foundation. He served on the Council on Foreign Relations, the board of trustees of the American Enterprise Institute and the boards of directors of Procter & Gamble, Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and Union Pacific.
Cheney is survived by his wife of 61 years, Lynne Cheney; daughters Mary Cheney and Elizabeth “Liz” Cheney; daughter-in-law Heather Poe and son-in-law Philip Perry; and seven grandchildren.