William Murray:  

Hmmmm, Where to begin.... :)) Well, life was made for living and that is what I have tried to do. After serving in the military (Submarine Service)on active duty for almost 10 years, I got out and went to work as a civilian for the Department of the Navy on Submarines for another 14 years. After living and working in many places I decided to change my career and left the Department of Defense and went to work for NOAA and the National Weather Service, which is under the Department of Commerce. With this job, I finally moved back to New York State (actually Long Island, it IS NOT upstate ;)) after close to 30 years. I retired from government service in 2005 after serving as the Deputy CIO for the NWS Eastern Region, and started teaching Computer Science as an Adjunct Instructor for a local community college that is part of SUNY. I have since been promoted to Adjunct Assistant Professor. I had a private IT Consulting business for several years and I was a VP/CTO of a start up Green Energy company known as Solar Utility Network Systems, Inc. or SUN Systems, Inc. I still visit Washingtonville upon occasion (but not as often since my sister moved to VA a many years ago). I attended the multi-year reunion and while there were many Washie Alumni, the Class of "67" had a very small, but great representation. I still enjoy learning about anything and everything. I adopted an old "Will Rogers" quote as my personal mantra, "When you're through learning, you're through." I love to Scuba Dive and hold a Master Diver and Mixed Gas certification, enjoy canoeing, camping, fishing, writing and cooking. I work hard, play hard and enjoy meeting people from all walks of life. Still have a few things to do and try (I suppose you'd call it my "Bucket List"), but for the most part I truly enjoyed teaching. It gave me a way to give back to future generations, that which I have been fortunate enough to have learned and lived. Still mulling over the prospect o...Expand for more