Bill Harwood (LION)(all Star)

Experience

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  U S Air Force

  Oct 1962 - Apr 1966

  SSgt

  I was a Jet Fighter mechanic 43151C as I remember, we were called Crew Chief's. I also played international competition chess for the Air Force. During this period I traveled throughout Western Europe, with much time spent in Paris and Oslo, and made 13 trip to Libya each for more than one month. Eventually I became Night Flight Chief of C Flight and supervised all of the activities of the aircraft for which we were responsible.

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  Kathryn Beich Candy Company

  May 1966 - Aug 1968

  Night Maintenance Machinist

  First to maintain machinery in a factory (very old) with 850 employees manufacturing and distributing a wide variety of candy products, largely thru non-profit groups. This was done simultaneously to being a Welder at Portable Elevator Company for 1.5 years. There we made farm machinery of various sorts. Then I established a sort of burnout (five hours with no memory at all) and realized that 85 hour a week workload was excessive so I quit my welding job and picked up a full-load at Illinois State University, keeping my job at Beichs. During this short period at a school which was "graded" I maintained a 4.0 average. Show less

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  Frontier College

  Oct 1968 - Apr 1970

  Labourer/Teacher and then National Program Coordinator

  As a Labourer/Teacher of 850 men building a hydro-electric power plant for Ontario Hydro I established programs for French and English education, maintained a large library of books in two trailers, obtained subscriptions to papers of every language (about 14) in the camp and distributed them each day after work, obtained and showed movies many times each week, supervised 57 students taking correspondence courses on a wide range of topics. Then I was appointed head of the program, National Program Coordinator which meant I recruited and supported 108 Labourer/Teachers in remote areas throughout Canada. I also served as Liaison for the college to National Film Board, CUSO, and all major civic organizations. This was my first experience administrating an organization and speaking to large groups of people on behalf of the college. Show less

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  Antioch College

  Jun 1970 - Jun 1973

  Directed placement of 250-400 students in work roles in education nationwide. My role consisted of placement of students in jobs in education throughout the United States. Students worked also in a variety of roles in Educational Planning Centers and Prisonsand Facculty advisor for more than 850 students in their Experiential side of the program. I also was Faculty advisor to 36 students who were majoring in Education.

  • Associate Director, Center for Cooperative Education

    Jun 1970 - Jun 1973

  • Faculty Member, Center for Cooperative Education

    Jun 1970 - Apr 1973
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  Shanti Gardens

  Mar 1973 - Dec 1982

  General Partner-Owner

  Established by Grace Dailey-Harwood, Lee & Louise McCoy and myself, we bought the 6th highest mountain in the Ozarks, located in Pettigrew, Arkansas. We bailed hay, operated a subsistence farm and developed the 5th largest blueberry nursery in America, distributing our plants throughout the Mid-South. Our primary product was highbush blueberry plants (Vacinium Corymbosum)

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  Community Computers

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1984

  Personnel Manager

  Hired all personnel, managed all major trade shows such as Comdex, opened new stores and closed those which were not effective. Also created and designed inventory center and process.

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  Vantage Point, Ltd.

  Jul 1984 - Oct 2009

  General Partner/Owner

  This Partnership, between Jane Warner (also my wife) is a 50/50% registered Virginia Partnership, empowered to do anything which is legal. It created and operated the Virginia Berry Farm, Inc., throughout the time from 1984 until it was sold in 2007. Present purpose is to create an Active Adult Retirement Community on our property at Carmel Church in Virginia

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  Virginia Berry Farm, Inc

  Jul 1984 - Apr 2007

  President-Owner

  My partner (Jane Warner) and I began Virginia Berry Farm and built it into the largest producer of container-grown Fruit plants in the world. We produced and distributed a full range of temperate climate fruit plants from the Mississippi River eastwards. Our customers included Home Depot, Lowes, Cosco, Giant Eagle, Southern States, Agway, Co-op, as well as many of the nation's leading private nursery dealers on the East Coast. Our plants are at Longwood Gardens, National Cathedral in Washington, DC, Winterthur in Philadelphia, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, New York City parks, and throughout the US. We sold this business in 2007 to Scott Smythe who now operates is as Commonwealth Berry Farm, LLC. Show less

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  Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

  Jun 1987 - Apr 1989

  Consultant-Arkansas Issues Project

  As Director of the Arkansas Issues Project I authored School Days, Contemporary Issues Project, a 408 page book about Arkansas Public Education . This was based on 28 interviews, conducted with a broad range of citizens and educational professionals. This book was widely disseminated and had a profound impact on public policy, dramatically changing the public school system in the state. I also did similar research and interviews into the agricultural world fo the state but the results were only published in a few documents and no similar impact was realized on public policy. Show less

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  Berlage, LLC

  Apr 2009 - now

  Director

  Creating an active-adult (age 55+) retirement community at Carmel Church, Ruther Glen, Virginia.. Berlage will consist of 5, 12 story towers of 100 units each. The front tower will have a restaurant on top and we also will have world-class Wellness Center and Community Centers specializing on art and culture.