William "Bill" Wardwell

After graduating from CU, William “Bill” Wardwell (Econ’68) was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force for 23 years, serving in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm. He writes that he flew the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter jet all over the world from the Travis Air Force Base in California. One mission involved flying scientists and others to the U.S. McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica. He retired in 1991 as a lieutenant colonel. He and wife Kathleen Perrin Wardwell (Engl’68) recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They live in San Mateo, Calif.