About Bill

Bill was an avid outdoorsman, storyteller, and lover of poetry, music and art. He took great pleasure in sharing his passions with others. He was often referred to as a renaissance man for the wide range of interests he embraced. In his teaching and in all his activities he brought a zest and vigor that infused and inspired those around him. He passed on to countless students his lifelong love and respect for nature. But the qualities which most endeared him to others were his genuine interest in and respect for others and his ability to convey this with warmth and sincerity.

Born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1930 to Alice and Craig Biddle, Jr
Graduated from Haverford School,1948
President, Dartmouth Outing Club, 1951-1952
Graduated B.A. from Dartmouth College, 1952
Taught at US Army Counterintelligence School in Tokyo Japan, 1953-1955
Received A.M.T. Degree from Harvard, 1956
Married Barbara Noyes, 1956-1978. Four children: Robert, Edward, Peter, Eleanor
Taught at Nobles, 1956-1965: English, Ancient History, Geography
Helped found the Nobles Outing Club and was its faculty advisor, 1957-1965
Taught at the Mary Burnham School in Northampton Massachusetts, 1965-19xx
Taught at North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka Illinois, 19xx-19xx
Taught at the Holderness School in Plymouth New Hampshire, 19xx-1983
Taught at the Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences in Seattle Washington, 1984-1990
Married Barbara Buchan, 1994
Worked for the National Forest Service in New Hampshire, 19xx-
Worked for the National Park Service at City of Rocks, ID, 1992
Represented the National Park Service in the sesquicentennial reenactment of the journey of the Oregon Trail pioneers, 1993
Member Center for Wooden Boats, leading popular fundraising canoe trips, 1993-2003
Taught Nordic skiing for North Seattle Comm. College at Snoqualmie Summit, Washington, 1993-2000
Member Appalachian Mountain Club, 19xx-2012
Member The Byron Society of America, lectured at many conferences for the International Byron Society, 1995-2005
Often traveled in the footsteps of the poet Byron
Wrote the popular Weatherwatch weekly column for the Methow Valley News of Twisp, WA, 1992-2012
Docent for the Japanese Garden at the University of Washington Arboretum, Seattle, WA
Died in Seattle, WA, June 7, 2012

Survived by wife Barbara, brothers Craig III and David, children Robert, Edward, Peter, Eleanor, his stepdaughters Libby Garcia and Robyn Sowers and 12 grandchildren.