​​​​​​Bill’s passion for nature began as a youngster spending summers without sidewalks at his family’s cottage on a secluded lake in southern Michigan.  He moved to Houghton in 2003. As president of the Copper Country Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Bill has been a leader in the Pilgrim River Watershed Project.  At KLT he serves on the Finance and Lands Committees. Bill holds BS and MS degrees in civil engineering from Michigan Tech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.