William Hill Jr.

Profile Updated: March 4, 2009
Class of 1972
Currently residing In Moss Beach, CA USA
My Website & Facebook/Media http://gallery.me.com/billychill
www.duckhill.com
www.facebook.com/BHill27
Spouse/Partner Lesley Jane Duckworth
Children, Grandchildren Naomi b. 1994

Noah b. 2003
Occupation Title Graphic designer
Occupation(s), Career Details

I spent my undergrad years as a pre-med at Stanford, got to my senior year and decided that medicine was not my path, so I took what turned out to be a 20 year leave of absence, during which time I worked as a carpenter and put in a 16 year stint working in the trade show world, and running an exhibit studio in corporate America. During this time I did an enormous amount of windsurfing and sailing (including one of my all-time great adventures, a 2-person, 28 day trip from Hawaii to the mainland), I got a pilot's license, I married Lesley and we started our family. In 1992 I finally went back to Stanford to finish my degree, this time in design, and opened Duckhill Design in 1996.

Different places I have lived

Stanford campus, Portola Valley, Palo Alto, Redwood City, Moss Beach, all in the SF Bay Area.

Family history living in South Pasadena

We moved to SP in 1967 from Pasadena. Mom and Dad moved back to Pasadena in 1996.

Milestones & Epiphanies

As all parents will attest, moving into parenthood is perhaps THE milestone of Life. My kids are almost-6 and 14, and I just adore and cherish them, being their dad is perhaps the greatest good fortune of all.

Sailing back from Hawai'i 25 years ago as part of a 2 man crew on a 34' trimaran was another major milestone and rite of passage. We had some weather oddities that forced us to sail as far north as Washington before we turned toward the mainland, so we were at sea for 28 days. At the end of my life, if I have the time to take stock of the amazing sights I have beheld, many of them will be from these 28 astounding days. Being checked out at close range (as in maybe 10 feet) by a blue whale probably 3 times the length of our boat, watching the Perseid meteor shower one becalmed, glassy night, spending a midnight watch being entertained by a pod of curious dolphins, the sunrises and sunsets, the moonrises and moonsets, most of this taking place thousands of miles away from ANYWHERE, in thousands of feet of water. Simply astonishing memories that have not faded with time.

Getting a pilot's license was a red letter day. Soloing a plane for the first time is pretty thrilling. I have unfortunately not remained current; airplanes are an incredibly efficient way to make piles of money disappear. I envy George Reich and Vince Riggs, and whoever else of us are still boring holes in the sky.

Pastimes & Hobbies

There are terrific bike trails here on the coast, we do a bit of camping every year, sailing is still a great passion, I am still a book worm.

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