William Trancik:
CLASS OF 1965
Dearborn High SchoolClass of 1965
Dearborn, MI
William's Story
After enlisting in the U.S. Army out of high school, I went thru basic training and eventually ending up in Bangkok, Thailand for 1 1/2 years (1967-August 1968). Returning home I entered college at Northwood Institute (now Northwood University, ) in MIdland, Michigan where I got my associates degree in hotel and restaurant management. I worked at Weber's Inn in Ann Arbor, Mi for about five years and tried to find work with the major hotel chains. I became disenfranchised with the field and found another job with Frank's Nursery where I was an Assistant Manager for about 3 years. I met and married my wife Angela Julian in Ann Arbor, Mi. and we moved to Canton, Michigan. On December 9, 1979 we had our first baby girl - Erin. In 1981 we moved to Henderson, Nevada so th...Expand for more
at my wife could be close to her parents who had moved to Las Vegas. Angie and I became parents for the second time with our daughter Susan in 1983. I eventually found my true career calling when I found work at Hoover Dam in November 1984. There I went to work as a tour guide selling tickets to see the dam, to a Information Technology Specialist (GS11) Network Administrator, setting up computers, trouble shooting computers and printers. I retired from Hoover Dam in June 2006.
I'm in the process of moving back to Las Vegas to be near my daughter and my three grandchildren.
Hope you all are doing well and are relatively healthy. At our age I am amazed at how many prescriptions that I now take, vs when I graduated high school and took none.
Best Regards
Bill Trancik
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