Bill and Sue were 4-H International Exchange Students while in College. Sue represented the 4-H clubs of North Carolina  to Australia in 1951 and Bill represented the 4-H Clubs of Pennsylvania  to Switzerland in 1949. While in their respective countries they lived with farm families as members of their host families for six months. Following the exchange program experience Sue completed her degree at the University of North Carolina , Greensboro (Woman's College) and Bill completed his work on his Bachelors degree at  Thiel College in Greenville , Pennsylvania and his Masters at Penn State University .

Bill and his partner Sue were married in 1954 when he worked as a 4-H Club Agent in Cape May County , New Jersey . He was drafted into the Armed Forces in 1955 for two years and returned to Cape May County until 1960 when he was asked to join the forerunner agency to USAID. Bill and Sue and their two children traveled to Somalia  to work in the Agriculture Division of the local Mission for four years. They were then assigned to Uganda where Bill served as a   program officer. Bill and Sue transferred to  Washington , D.C. in 1967. Bill was asked to join a six month accelerated economics course in National Accounts and International economics problems. Bill was then assigned to the Africa Bureau Program Office in 1968. Bill was then assigned to serve in Vietnam in 1971-73 as the Mission Evaluation Officer. On his return to Washington Bill served as ! the Evaluation Officer in the Bureau for Population and Humanitarian Assistance. In 1977 Sue and Bill traveled to the Philippines where he served in the U.S. Director's Office for the Asian Development Bank. Later they went to Kenya where Bill served as the Mission 's Program officer. Their next assignment was Director of the USAID Mission in Sierra Leone in 1983 and ultimately to Ghana in 1985 as Mission Director. Bill retired in December 1986.

Bill and Sue were asked by the North Carolina Extension Service in 1987 to serve as volunteer coordinators for the 4-H International Exchange Program in the State. Over a ten year period over 120 month-long Japanese youths and 75 high school students were placed with host families who were provided orientation. Students were also provided orientation and periodic visits. During this period about forty  North Carolina  4-H Youth traveled abroad to live with host families for one month. 

In the meantime Bill was asked to join Rotary in 1989. He served as President of the Cary-Kildaire Rotary Club in 1997-98. Bill served as secretary/treasurer for the District Council in 1998-99 and District Governor 1999-2000. Bill served on the grants committee for a number of years and is currently chair for that committee.  Bill participated in the multi-district  orientation program for Ambassadorial Scholars on Cultural Understanding for several years. Bill brought the CART program to the District in 1999.

Bill and Sue are members of First United Methodist Church in Cary and are currently in a group that is writing memories. Sue is active in the Woman's Club, Book Club and Church Circle . Bill has been active on the Foundation Board for the International 4-H Youth Exchange organization for a number of years. He has taught in Sunday School and in his spare time managed to restore the 1934 Farmall 12 tractor that "he grew up with" on a Pennsylvania dairy farm.