Will Fetherolf:
CLASS OF 1959
West High SchoolClass of 1959
Columbus, OH
Will's Story
The day after graduation I left for boot camp in the U.S.Navy. I was assigned to the Uss Canberra , cag-2, a heavy guided missle cruiser. My first cruse was an “around the world cruse “ in 1960. We sailed to Cuba, through the Panama Canal, and then onto California, Hawaii, Australia, Guam, Japan, Hong Kong, Aden, India, Packistan, Greece, Turkey, Italy, the Rome Olymics, Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, France. I’m sure I have forgotten a few. After the military service I attended and graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Industrial Design. I worked for a few years for General Electric designing medical eguipment and then to Hewlett Packard designing some of the first “desktop computers.” Later I worked on the world’s first Laserjet printer . Most of my career at HP wa...Expand for more
s spent in Japan, China, Germany and Israel. I made 65 trips to Japan. I am now happily married to the former Teresa Okuda. We have two children both of which I am especially proud. Our son Morgan has a PhD degree in Biochemistry and our daughter, Brie, has a masters degree in Hospital Administration.
I have been fortunate in my life to have had a rewarding career that allowed me to travel the world, a devoted wife and children. I cannot think of more that would have added to my happiness.
Things you did not know about me: I lived in a rented room my last two years of Highschool. I built my own airplane from scratch and flew it. I was awarded 19 patents during my career. I studied Conversational German at Marquette University and Conversational Japanese at Boise State University.
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