Powers of 19

1869 - Grandfather 1-year old, living on a farm in Missouri
1879 - Grandfather still living on the farm.
1889 - Grandfather working as an accountant in Oklahoma.
1899 - Grandfather married with two children in Oklahoma.
1909 - Grandfather widower, children being raised by his late wife’s family
1919 - Father born to Grandfather’s second wife.
1929 - Father being raised by late mother’s family in Missouri.
1939 - Father at University of Montana
1949 - Father surviving WW2 married Mother.
1959 - Billy’s second grade teacher reconsiders career choice.
1969 - Bill rushed by Joe Reihl and Greg Wagner to join Kappa Sigma at NAU.
1979 - Received PhD and married Dr. Helen.
1989 - Building first house, three kids, survived 4 company layoffs.
1999 - Transferred to Houston, survived 8 company layoffs.
2009 - Retired having survived 17 layoffs, held a book signing at Barnes and Noble.
2019 - Here we are. Kids with their own careers. Bill awards 7th scholarship to Women in Chemistry at NAU.
2029 - Damn kids still on my lawn.
2039 - Jim White inducted into the Saxophone Hall of Fame
2049 - Rocket scientist S. Farrell invents anti-gravity belt because “Dad always wanted one.”
4069 - Brain transferred Doc Bill probe enters orbit of Alpha Omicron Pi-5 for planetary observation.