Bill was born Nov. 7, 1936, no, that's Rod Norman, who is a Rotary buddy. I know Bill was born Nov. 7, 1945, NO, that's Don Hayes a neighbor of 32 years. Nov 7, 1950, no that's Vickie Rensink, a dance club friend. I'll get it right, William Thomas Moran was born Nov. 7, 1926, in Horse Cave, Ky. He tells everyone it's close to Mammouth Cave the 7^th wonder of the world, where all the underground caves are. Bill was the 8^th wonder of the world. Bill was the 3^rd child of Harry, Sr. and Lottie Moran. Bill's brother is 10 years older and his sister was 13 years older than Bill, so you see why he is so spoiled, he is like an only child. Bill would go on dates with Harry and sit between Harry and his date so he could shift gears.

Bill grew up in Horse Cave, went to school there, and considered himself a city boy. He could walk home for lunch. He was president of his high school class. When Bill graduated from high school he was drafted and wound up in Casablanca. Because he could type he sat out WWII in an office typing and flirting with the girls in Casablanca.

Bill enrolled in Bowling Green Business College in 1947. One Friday night Bill was standing in line at the bus station. His roommate was standing in line going home to Horse Cave for the weekend. Dellazine was standing in line going to Louisville. Jim introduced us. Bill was also going to Louisville to visit his sister who happened to be the mother of a boy Dellazine had gone to high school with.. Bill and Dellazine both graduated in 1951. Bill started teaching at Warsaw, Ky. Dellazine started teaching in Oldham County and we continued to date.  Bill had moved to Hoquiam to work with his brother in the plywood industry, In 1954 Bill went back to teaching. While living in Hoquiam he met Jim Taylor who has made a big impact on each other's lives.

In 1957 Bill moved to Seattle to attend U. of W. for a year.. In 1958 he started teaching in Edmonds School District at Edmonds High school.

1960 he went to Terrace High School, and opened the business education department and was chairman of the department until 1967 when he went to Meadowdale High school where he again was department chairman and part-time supervisor of business education for the district   He opened the bus­iness department at Woodway in 1969 while he was Supervisor of Vocational Education for Edmonds School District and remained supervisor until he retired from education in 1984.. While supervisor of voca­tional education Bill started the programs in cosmetology, nursing, food service, fire service training, auto engine rebuild and was responsible for the horticulture program at Lynnwood. The carpentry class was continued with Lynnwood Rotary as partners furnishing the money to buy the building site and build the House. June 1968 Bill and Dellazine married. We have also found that Penny and Rod Norman also share the same anniversary date.

In 1971 Bill joined Rotary. In 1979-80 Bill became President of Rotary. He is the oldest member of Edmonds noon club Not in age but in years of service.. In 196S he was President of Western Washington Business Education Assoc. In 1979 he was President of Washington Association of Vocational Administrators. In 1976 Bill was elected to Who's Who in American Business Education and in 1980 he was selected to Outstanding Educator in America. In 1981 he was President of South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce.

March, 1978 Bill became a father. We welcomed into our lives Patricia De La Tore Riveria. A Rotary Exchange student In June we took her to Vancouver to return home to Mexico. In June 1979 she surprised Dad by showing up in Ky. to visit him and Grandma Miller. They had an earthquake in Mexico and we didn't hear from Patty for 20 years. Suddenly five years ago the phone rang and who should be on the other end but Patty. She and Gumaro her husband visited us for three days, and each year since the bad penny returned. Bill would introduced her to friends as his Rotary daughter and she gave him to under­stand that she was not his Rotary daughter but his daughter. So now we have a daughter. When she was told Dellazine was going to have a birthday party for him she said she would surprise him again she would come home.

As most of you know Bill likes to dance so in 1978 we joined a dance club. In 1980 the club merged with two other clubs and made Emerald City Dance Club. In 1982 Bill became President of Emerald City Dance Club. In 1984 we became secretaries of the Club and have been ever since.

In 1948 Bill was raised a Mason and has earned his SO year pin. In 1981 he crossed the hot sands into Shrine. In 1982 he became a clown, He is a clown, but this was a Shrine Clown – Willie T and has been active with clowns every since. He has been President of the clowns twice. In 1987-88 he was secretary of Pacific Northwest Shrine Clown Association. In 1989 he became President of  PNSCA. In 1988 he was assistant to Bill Boone who was Circus Chairman in 1989 he was assistant to Don Early. Don passed away in December and Bill finished Don's year out and became Circus Chairman in 1990. George Jurich made him Circus Director in 1991 and he worked with the Circuses until 2000. His claim to fame was getting to ride an elephant around the three rings of the circus.

Does anyone have a president's job open? Dellazine has a has been that could do the job.