During that tour Bill visited Mother Teresa’s orphanage in Calcutta 13 years later he and his wife Julie, whom he married Dec. In 1962 he was one of 20 members of the University’s Maine Masque Theatre to tour India and Pakistan presenting plays on a four-month tour sponsored by the U.S.
As manager of the student radio station WORO, he was instrumental in converting it to FM station WMEB. In March of 1958 he played the role of George, opposite his real-life “next-door-girl” Celine Dumont as Emily, in the well-received L-A Community Little Theatre production of “Our Town.”Ī 1962 broadcast journalism graduate of the University of Maine, he was a member of student honorary societies Sophomore Owls and Senior Skulls. He graduated from Holy Family grade school and was commended by the College Board for his scholarship in the class of 1958 at Lewiston High School where he also participated in football and track for four years. He had been a news and computer facilities manager at TV stations in Maine, Denver, New Haven, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.īill grew up in Lewiston, the son of William T.