Bill’s presence can still be felt throughout Gorton, from the audio and visual equipment inside the school to the Never Forget Garden near the Bricks of  Remembrance. The Garden not only recognizes our veterans living and dead, but is part of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers centennial com-memoration—Gorton was the only school in the U.S. to participate in that historic moment in time. Bill would be there when classes held their reunions, reminding all to keep Gorton in their hearts and their hands on their wallets. No gift was too small nor underappre-ciated. He spoke of his love of Gorton and he spoke truth to power to city officials and school administrators. He advocated for the end of the city’s be-nign neglect to a nearly 100-year-old school  named after the school superintendent who ushered the city’s nascent school system into the 20th century. He didn’t win every battle. He couldn’t resurrect the Coal Bunker Theatre nor the school’s Gorton News. He would just dust himself off and continue to get himself in “good trouble,” sometimes winding up in the principal’s office arguing for greater student awareness of Gorton’s rich and historic past. However, his greatest legacy was the establishment of the CEGHSAA as a certified 501 (3)(c) tax-exempt charitable organization. As such, the Association is able to receive tax-exempt donations for special projects and lend support to Gorton's educational programs. Because of his foreseight, the Association lives on.