I was born and raised in the Fingers Lakes area of Upstate New York.  For my parents Jack & Charlotte Fraser, I was the oldest of 7 kids (brothers Jack 
& Dave and sisters Sharon, Ruth, Lynda & Ellen). We lived on a 
farm in Honeoye Falls until the summer before I started 5th 
grade.  Then we moved to 37 Main St in East Bloomfield.  
Growing up with summers filled with playing baseball all day, 
everyday.  I graduated from Bloomfield Central School.

After high school I joined the US Navy in Jan’61. I went to 
Electronic, Computer and Submarine training. I was assigned 
to the USS Alexander Hamilton SSBN-617 from 62-66. I was 
then assigned to the USS Lafayette SSBN-616 until discharge in Jul’69. Both of these submarines were nuclear powered and carried 16 long-range missiles.   

                                    I then started in the computer industry carrying a tool case 
                                    to corporate customers for various companies.  The jobs 
                                    moved me from Cananaduiga to Corning to Syracuse to 
                                    Boston to Minneapolis.  I arrived in Minnesota in 1976 as 
                                    National Tech Support, the top of a technical career.  I soon 
                                    moved on to International Support, then International Sales 
                                    Engineer, then to National Sales ManagerDirector of 
                                    Marketing, the top of my Sales & Marketing career.  Next 
                                    I changed to programming and was on top of the world 
until after the Y2K scare was past, my old programming language was being replaced 
by new graphical languages that were Windows compatible.  So for the last four years I’ve been paying the bills designing websites and computer support.  Currently I'm with a small company in a computer sales position.

I was married in 76 and divorced in 93, resulting in one son 
(John) that is now 22 and 6’5”.  In 2001, I married the most 
wonderful girl in the world.  She is from China near Beijing 
and she is a computer programmer for NW Airlines.  We travel 
very frequently since it’s a free benefit.  From all my travels for 
both business and pleasure, I have been on every continent 
except for Anti-Artic, extensively thru Asia, North & South 
America and Europe.  In the US I’ve been in 48 states, with 
only Idaho and Oregon remaining to get them all. 

                                    I have finally grown up and discovered the secrets of life.  I 
                                    have a fantastic day every day, I have friends all around the
                                    world that I keep in touch with, I have a wonderful son (he
                                    could use a little motivation) and I have the most perfect love
                                    and life partner.  My only wealth is in the many, many friends
                                    ​that I made where ever I lived or visited.  I am enjoying the
                                    riches of a wonderful life.
Bill Fraser