William Eckert:  

As some of you may remember, I joined the USAF in my senior year and went on active duty in June 1970. First Officers Training School, San Antonio, TX, then pilot training, Valdosta, GA, pilot upgrade training, Little Rock, AR, then survival schools, Tampa, Fl and Clark AB, Philipines, and finally to Taiwan to live and Viet Nam to work. After 20 months I returned to Biloxi, MS to complete my six year USAF career as a Hurricane Hunter. While in Biloxi, I attended the University of Southern Mississippi and earned my MBA. Then off to Houston, TX. Started with Texas Intruments, then saw the light and entered the natural gas industry in 1977 and never looked back. Moved back to Dallas, PA and worked for PG Energy in Wilkes-Barre, and the company was bought by UGI Utilities. So, now I work for UGI Utilities in Reading, PA and live in Bethlehem, PA. Along the way I married my best girl from Easton, PA. and had two Texans while living in Houston, now a 28 year old girl and a 24 year old boy. Both arer tall Texans! ...Expand for more