Bill was born on November 20, 1944 in Monterey, California. Bill received his amateur radio (ham) license in 1961 - call sign N4DJY. Bill graduated S.R. Butler High School in Huntsville Alabama in 1962. Bill attended the University of Alabama from 1962 to 1964. Bill graduated Nashville State Technical Institute in 1987 and went to work for Comdata until 2009.