Bill simpson biography

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    Relations

    Parents:Orville Simpson (Deceased) and Yuma Simpson (Deceased)
    Siblings:Hubert Simpson (Deceased), Tyrone Simpson, Cyrus Simpson, Abe Simpson II, Hortense (Possibly; Deceased) and Chet Simpson
    Possible Son:Omar Simpson
    Possible Daughter-in-Law:Marnie Simpson
    Possible Grandchildren:Brit Simpson, Lily Simpson and Magpie Simpson
    Grandparents:"Old Tut" Simpson (Deceased), "Happy" Simpson (Deceased), Willard Hickman (Deceased) and Theodora Hickman (Deceased)
    Aunts/Uncle:Twitta Simpson (Deceased), Elrita Simpson (Deceased), Bonita Simpson (Deceased) and Zeke Hickman (Deceased)
    Possible Uncle:Boris (Deceased)
    Sisters-in-Law:Fifteen Tahitian wives and Rita Simpson
    Ex Sisters-in-Law:Mona Simpson (Deceased), Amber Simpson (Deceased), Selma Bouvier and Tallulah Winkelman
    Nieces/Nephews:Abbey, Valerie Togasaki-Rothman, Herbert Powell (Biological), Homer Simpson and Unidentified
    Ex Stepniece:Ling Bouvier (Adopted)
    Niece/Nephew-in-Law:Marge Simpson and Dave To

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    When 18-year-old Bill Simpson crashed his dragster in 1958, it may have been the most fortuitous wreck in the history of automobile racing.

    That incident left Simpson in a California hospital bed with two badly broken arms, assorted bruises and plenty of recovery time to daydream.

    "Until then, inom was like most drivers," Simpson recalls. "The only time inom thought about safety was after I'd been hurt. This time, I was hurt bad enough to do a lot of thinking."

    That was when auto racing got lucky.

    A handful of drag racers had experimented with war-surplus parachutes as a means of slowing their cars. Simpson went further, researching fabrics and formgivning some of the sport's first purpose-built parachutes. He hung out his shingle as Simpson Drag Chutes.

    NHRA legend Tom McEwen says, "I remember Bill in that bilparkering, sitting at his sewing machine. inom didn't know if he was going to be successful, but I was hoping really hard that he was going to keep going, because we needed a guy like him

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    Simpson, William 1948(?)- (Bill Simpson)

    PERSONAL:

    Born c. 1948. Education: Attended Royal Air Force College, Cranwell.

    ADDRESSES:

    E-mail—[email protected].

    CAREER:

    Writer, entrepreneur, business owner, and biographer. Founder and CEO of an Internet-based company. Worked as the North American president of a hedge fund. Military service: Served as an officer in the British Royal Air Force.

    AWARDS, HONORS:

    Member of the British Empire (MBE), 1970; Order of the British Empire (OBE), 1988.

    WRITINGS:

    The Prince: The Secret Story of the World's Most Intriguing Royal, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Regan Books (New York, NY), 2006.

    SIDELIGHTS:

    William Simpson is a writer, biographer, and former member of the British Royal Air Force (RAF). Simpson entered the RAF as an aircraft apprentice in January, 1964, and after three years was selected to attend the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, as an officer cadet. A military career of twenty-five years ended with command of