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1 Life and career
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3 References
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University of Washington
4 External links
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Lawyer (retired)
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Kristianne Gates
Bill Gates
Libby Gates
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Bremerton, Washington, August 17, 1969), and wife (married c. 1913) Lillian
Elizabeth Rice (Bremerton, Washington, 1891 Bremerton, Washington,
November 27, 1966). He was the third in his family to have the same name, his
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grandfather being the first William Henry Gates. His paternal grandmother was
German and his maternal grandmother was English.[1] Gates was an active
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member of a Boy Scout troop for several years, and earned the Eagle Scout
Portugus
Award in 1944. After high school he enlisted in the United States Army,
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changing his name to William Gates, Jr. to avoid the appearance of elitism.[2] He
fought in World War II and was honorably discharged in November 1946.
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He attended the University of Washington (UW) under the G.I. Bill, where he
earned a B.A. in 1949 and a law degree in 1950. While at Washington he joined
the Chi Psi Fraternity. He practiced law until 1998, primarily with the law firm
which he co-founded as Shidler & King in 1964, later known as Preston Gates &
Ellis LLP; the firm was merged into the firm now known as K&L Gates, although
Bill Gates, Sr. is not affiliated with the firm. Gates also served on the board of
Planned Parenthood.[3][4]
In 1998, Gates retired from PGE. He currently serves on the Board of Regents
for the University of Washington, and is a co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, which his son Bill and his son's wife Melinda founded. He has
served as a director for Costco Wholesale, a bulk retail corporation, since 2003.
He is also a founding co-chair of the Pacific Health Summit.[5] He has adopted
the suffix "Sr." to distinguish himself from his more famous son.
Gates is co-author, with Chuck Collins, of the book Wealth and Our
Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes, a defense of
the policies promoted by the estate tax.[6][7]
He married Mary Maxwell Gates, whom he met at UW, and who died in 1994.
They had three children: Kristianne, Bill, and Libby. In 1996 Gates married Mimi
Gardner Gates, who was director of the Seattle Art Museum.
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2003.
5. ^ "About the Summit"
. 2011. p. 1.
Library of Congress.
7. ^ "Wealth And Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated
Fortunes"
59)
8. ^ Townley, Alvin (2006-12-26). Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of
America's Eagle Scouts
. Scouting
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