billwall
Bill Wall
Palm Bay, FL, United States 
Member Since: May 18, 2007
Last Login: Jan 15, 2008
Points: 1616
Homepage: www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378
Birthday: May 11, 1951
Occupation: Systems Engineer
USCF Rating: 2000
About Me:
Senior Systems Engineer at Harris Corporation; tennis player and coach; retired Air Force officer (25 years from 1970 to 1995 - last assignment with the Air Intelligence Agency); former NASA engineer (6 years at NASA Ames at Moffett Field, CA); former crew chief on B-52 bombers and KC-135Q tankers that refueled SR-71s (4 years Southeast Asia); live just south of Cape Canaveral (see all the Space Shuttle and rocket launches, and hear all the Shuttle landings); degrees in physics and electrical engineering (Air Force Institute of Technology); oldest of 9 brothers and sisters; married over 30 years.
My Chess Style / Favorite Openings:
Author of 29 chess books (500 xxx Miniature series, Grob, Larsen's, etc) and hundreds of chess articles; former President of Ohio Chess Association and NC Chess Association; former USCF delegate and tournament director; co-editor of Ohio and NC state chess magazine; former secretary of Chess Journalists of America; former president of chess clubs in Dayton, Palo Alto, San Antonio, Melbourne; large chess library (over 1000 books); chess teacher
Submitted by
billwall on Dec 8, 2007 8:29pm.
John Donaldson, born in Los Angeles in 1958, was awarded the International Master title in 1983 (he has two grandmaster norms). He won the Washington State Chess Championship in 1979 and 1980. In 1983 he was the captain of the US team at the Gr...Read more »