BILL THOMPSON
A 1966 GRADUATE BILL WAS ACTIVE IN TRACK AND FOOTBALL. HE WON FIRST PLACE MEDALS IN LEAGUE AND REGIONAL TRACK COMPETITION. BILL WAS CLASS PRESIDENT DURING HIS JUNIOR YEAR.
AFTER GRADUATION HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM OAKLAND UNIVERSITY IN 1970. HE WENT ON TO RECEIVE HIS MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING FROM WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1979. HE HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE WORKING CAREER IN THE CIVIL ENGINEERING AREA AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN THE STATES OF MICHIGAN, ARIZONA, OHIO AND NEW YORK. CURRENTLY BILL IS A PART-OWNER OF LEHNER ASSOCIATES SINCE 1984.
BILL ALSO HELPS VOLUNTEER AT MANY OF NEW HAVEN’S SPORTS GAMES AND IS INVOLVED IN FUNDRAISING FOR THE NEW HAVEN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT OF THE EDWARD AND MARION SIEFERT SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
BILL MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART MERLENE NIEMANN IN 1970 AND HAS TWO CHILDREN, ANGELA AND ANDREW.