Frank Sumner Burrage, secretary of the board of trustees, and registrar of the University of Wyoming and secretary to the president, which important position he has filled for ten years, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, October 23, 1872, a son of George Francis and Elizabeth (Hammond) Burrage, who were likewise natives of that state, the former having been born in Leominster and the latter in Fitchburg. His ancestors were among the prominent early New England families and the ancestral line is traced back to a very early epoch in the colonization of New England. Representatives of the name served in the Revolutionary war. His father was for many years a well known business man of Boston, Massachusetts, and is now living in San Jose, California. His wife passed away in that state. In their family were three children, the sisters of Frank S. Burrage being: Mrs. Walton, living in Cheyenne; and Mrs. Frank Johnston, whose home is in Rawlins, Wyoming.
    Frank S. Burrage was the eldest of the family and in his boyhood days he became a pupil in the public schools of Boston, while later he entered Jarvis Hall at Denver, Colorado, from which in due course of time he was graduated. That institution was a boys' boarding school and he received thorough training there, completing the academic course by graduation with the class of 1891. He afterward returned to New England and entered Trinity College, of Hartford, Connecticut, where he won the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1895 and was honor man in history and economics. He was also a member of the Phi Beta Kappa society and of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. Following the completion of his course in Hartford he returned to Denver, where he engaged in teaching in Jarvis Hall for two years. In January, 1898, he went to Cheyenne, where he acted as tutor to the son of Governor Charles Carey, whom he prepared for college. He then entered Judge Carey's office and there remained until 1901, when he returned east as far as Detroit, Michigan, where he had charge of the Hammond building, of the Hammond estate, for four years. In 1905 he again came to Wyoming and accepted the position of cashier of the Laramie Republican, with which he was identified until 1908. Since that time he has been connected with the University of Wyoming, becoming secretary of the board of trustees. In 1912 he was made registrar of the institution and secretary to the president and has now filled this important position for five years. He is splendidly qualified by educational training and broad experience for the duties that devolve upon him, duties which he is discharging with marked capability.
    On the 15^th of September, 1908, Mr. Burrage was married to Miss Mary Vincent McClelland, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Rev. and Mrs. James Farley McClelland, representatives of a well known New York family. Mr. and Mrs. Burrage have become parents of two children: Nancy, who was born December 12, 1910, in Laramie and is now attending the University training school; and Elizabeth, who was born August 17, 1917.
    Mr. Burrage has always given his political allegiance to the republican party and he keeps thoroughly informed concerning the vital questions and issues of the day. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church.