FRANK J. NISWANDER

FRANK J. NISWANDER
Frank J. Niswander, assistant secretary and treasurer of the Western National Life Insurance Company and a prominent factor in insurance circles in the state. was born in Noble county. Indiana. February 5. 1867. a son of Aaron J. and Mary E. (McEwen) Niswander. The father was a farmer by occupation, following that pursuit in support of his family until called to his final rest. His widow still survives, as do their two sons. of whom Frank J. is the elder. After attending the public schools of Indiana he continued his education in the Michigan Agricultural College of Lansing. Michigan. from which he was graduated with the class of 1889. He was then employed as an instructor in the college for the year 1890-91, teaching zoology and entomology and also doing work at the experimental station. Mr. Niswander came to the west in 1801 and took up his abode in Laramie. where he was made professor of entomology and assistant professor of agriculture in the State University, occupying that position for three years. On the 26th of December, 1804, he removed to Cheyenne to become deputy state auditor. He became chief clerk of the state tax commission on the 1st of March, 1909, and so continued under W. A. Richards until the 20th of December. 1910. when he was made tax commissioner and continued to fill that position until February, 1911. He then went to Indiana, but returned the same year to become assistant secretary and treasurer of the Western National Life Insurance Company, in which capacity he still continues. He has aided largely in organizing the company, in extending its interests and developing its business. His wide acquaintance in the state has enabled him to further the interests of the company in no small measure and he is today one of the prominent representatives of insurance in Wyoming. On the 29th of June, 1892, Mr. Niswander was united in marriage to Miss Isadore Hunt and they have one child, Francis E. Fraternally Mr. Niswander is an Odd Fellow and a Mason and in the latter organization he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and has also become a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. His political allegiance is given to the republican party but he does not seek or desire office, preferring to concentrate his attention upon his private business affairs. He was the supervisor of the first experimental station in Wyoming and he has ever been deeply interested in work along the lines of agricultural development through the scientific utilization of the resources of the country. He is now concentrating his efforts and attention upon the insurance business and in this connection is meeting with the same excellent results which have crowned his efforts as an educator and in his experimental work along agricultural lines.

Frank J. Niswander, assistant secretary and treasurer of the Western National Life Insurance Company and a prominent factor in insurance circles in the state. was born in Noble county. Indiana. February 5. 1867. a son of Aaron J. and Mary E. (McEwen) Niswander. The father was a farmer by occupation, following that pursuit in support of his family until called to his final rest. His widow still survives, as do their two sons. of whom Frank J. is the elder.
After attending the public schools of Indiana he continued his education in the Michigan Agricultural College of Lansing. Michigan. from which he was graduated with the class of 1889. He was then employed as an instructor in the college for the year 1890-91, teaching zoology and entomology and also doing work at the experimental station.
Mr. Niswander came to the west in 1801 and took up his abode in Laramie. where he was made professor of entomology and assistant professor of agriculture in the State University, occupying that position for three years. On the 26th of December, 1804, he removed to Cheyenne to become deputy state auditor. He became chief clerk of the state tax commission on the 1st of March, 1909, and so continued under W. A. Richards until the 20th of December. 1910. when he was made tax commissioner and continued to fill that position until February, 1911. He then went to Indiana, but returned the same year to become assistant secretary and treasurer of the Western National Life Insurance Company, in which capacity he still continues. He has aided largely in organizing the company, in extending its interests and developing its business. His wide acquaintance in the state has enabled him to further the interests of the company in no small measure and he is today one of the prominent representatives of insurance in Wyoming.
On the 29th of June, 1892, Mr. Niswander was united in marriage to Miss Isadore Hunt and they have one child, Francis E.
Fraternally Mr. Niswander is an Odd Fellow and a Mason and in the latter organization he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and has also become a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. His political allegiance is given to the republican party but he does not seek or desire office, preferring to concentrate his attention upon his private business affairs. He was the supervisor of the first experimental station in Wyoming and he has ever been deeply interested in work along the lines of agricultural development through the scientific utilization of the resources of the country. He is now concentrating his efforts and attention upon the insurance business and in this connection is meeting with the same excellent results which have crowned his efforts as an educator and in his experimental work along agricultural lines.