William (Bill) Hughes:  

July 2017 Hello, EHS '67 Classmates! I hope you are all happy and healthy. After graduating from EHS, I briefly attended Everett CC before Vietnam caught up with me, as it did with many of us. In early 1968 I learned that I would soon be drafted, so I abruptly joined the US Air Force, where I spent 4 years in the Cold War, working with ICBM's and mainframe computers (Strategic Air Command) while attending college during my off-hours. After graduating from EHS and completing four years in the USAF, I earned a BA in Economics, UW (1974). At that point I received a call to reenter the U.S. Air Force as a commissioned officer and B-52 pilot or navigator, but decided to remain a civilian instead. I continued my education, earning an MBA, Seattle U (1978); and later attended Seattle U School of Law. I also did some doctoral study, but finally decided I'd had enough. I've since been an executive with Boeing, General Dynamics, Textron, IBM, Washington Mutual, and Infor. I now have a management consulting firm, whose clients have included Intel, Schlumberger, Weyerhaeuser, Premera Blue Cross, Avista, and others. Thankfully, I've stayed reasonably active, healthy, and happily married to Becky (CHS '67), an R.N., since 1968. We have 3 successful children: twins, including a boy (now a dentist) and a girl (now a dental hygienist); and a younger son (now an IT professional). As of this date, we also have 6 beautiful ...Expand for more