Peyton Williams:
CLASS OF 1966
Maury High SchoolClass of 1966
Norfolk, VA
Peyton's Story
After Maury, I spent a year at ODU and then enlisted in the Army, going to Vietnam. Came back and finished college at Penn State in zoology. Then a masters in statistics at UVA. Worked on my PhD at University of Georgia after that. Met my wife in Aiken, SC while doing my research. Came back to Virginia to work for the Army and after about 5 years in civil service, I went back on active duty as a captain, headed to Germany. Then spent 3 years at the University of Utah teaching and reassignment to DC. Retired after a bit over 20 active from the Army and went to work for Lockheed Martin (after a couple of other companies), Retired from there in 2010 and moved to Charlottesville.
Went to Hawaii teaching SCUBA diving (my part-time job for the last 20 years) while my wife "granny nanny-ed" our two gran...Expand for more
dsons for my daughter and son-in-law, both active duty Army. Taught the oldest one to dive and am still woking on getting his brother qualified. I had a great 3 year "tour" here (versus the "3 hour tour " of Gilligan's Island which was supposed to have begun on Oahu. I could have shown you where the opening scene was shot at the UH Marine Lab)..
I am heavily involved in environmental issues, from keeping the ban on uranium mining in Virginia (I did my doctoral research at the Savannah River Ecology Lab at the Savannah River Site, a DOE facility), Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Rivanna Conservation Society, REEF fish surveys, Eyes of the Reef here in Hawaii, and coral reef restoration efforts. Also a Virginia Master Naturalist and Tree Steward. Rather, back to my roots after my years in the Army & Lockheed.
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