William Pegues:  

CLASS OF 1965
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Washington, DC
Knoxville, TN

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Life College and Military: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1965-1968 University of Teneessee, 1968-1969 USAF 1969-1973, Airborne Analyst, Linguist, Vietnamese, northern dialect. 1 year studying in Monterey, CA (right, that was rough!), survival schools in water, air, jungle, general survival, pow training camp, escape and evasion techniques, interrogation avoidance techniques. 2 months in Okinawa, transfered to Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, shift supervisor coordinating information for southeast Asia. Stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland for last year, shift supervisor for receipt of intelligence information from southeast Asia in NSA. Letter of commendation for special activities from head of NSA. Returned to University of Tennessee, 1973-1976, graduated with BS in Architecture. Profession: Specifications Writer, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Washington, DC office, 1977-1983. Head of Specifications, Weihe Design Group (now WDG Architecture), Washington DC 1983-present. Certified Construction Specifier by the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), and in June 2001, elevated to Fellow status of CSI. Since 1979, there are more than 60 buildings in DC and the metropolitan area that I wrote the project manual, including National Geographic Society with SOM. In downtown DC, it is hard to stand on a corner and not be in front of or looking at one of my buildings. I don't do th...Expand for more
e design, but i do all the materials work and guide the designers on what is possible and practical. In areas of entrances, lobbies and their finishes, it is the quality control of the my work that sets the level of quality for the project. Hobbies: History particularly the development of ancient cities and playing large scale online role playing games (30 is small, 400 players is large) Sports: Competitive fencing, weapon foil. In the 2003/2004 season, I competed in the Veterans age group, 50-59 in national competitions and National Championships reaching a ranking of 25th in the national points standard out of about 100 earning points that season. College Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1965-1968 University of Teneessee, 1968-1969 Military Service University of Tenessee, 1973-1976 Military USAF 1969-1973, Airborne Analyst, Linguist, Vietnamese, northern dialect. 1 year studying in Monterey, CA (right, that was rough!), survival schools in water, air, jungle, general survival, pow training camp, escape and evasion techniques, interrogation avoidance techniques. 2 months in Okinawa, transfered to Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, shift supervisor coordinating information for southeast Asia. Stationed at Fort Meade, Maryland for last year, shift supervisor for receipt of intelligence information from southeast Asia in NSA. Letter of commendation for special activities from head of NSA.
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