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About Bill Bates
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William S. (Bill) Bates is a native of Memphis Tennessee, USA raised mostly on a farm without electricity and indoor plumbing. He moved to North Carolina at 17 when his step father, a U.S. Marine, was transferred there.
In 1952 during the Korean War, quitting high school, Bill joined the Marine Corps himself in which he served until retiring in 1972 as a Major with a Masters degree in information systems after serving at many posts and serving in the Vietnam War in 67-68.
From 1972, Bill became a consultant, first in systems development and then in project management. From 1974 to 2008 he established and operated a series of project management firms. He sold his best known company, Bates Project Management, Inc in 2005. Since has been a lower level private consultancy which is currently being phased out in favor of internet marketing..
Bill is a ballroom dancer and plays a terrible, but enjoyable golf game, After being widowed, he met Barbara at his dance studio and they were married in December 2007. He has 3 sons, 2 daughters, 9 grandchildren and a great granddaughter. Finally, Bill is the chairman of the Board of Governors of Robert Land Academy, a private school for boys which operates on a military structure. www.robertlandacademy.com
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