Bill Gates (disambiguation)

Bill Gates (born 1955) is co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.

Bill Gates or William Gates may also refer to:

William Gates (basketball)

William Gates (born December 28, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American retired high school and college basketball player, and a subject of the 1994 Kartemquin Films documentary film Hoop Dreams.

Biography

Gates was a young man from the Cabrini–Green housing projects. He and Arthur Agee, from West Garfield Park, hoped to hone their basketball talent into professional careers with the NBA. The documentary Hoop Dreams followed them through their recruitment by St. Joseph High School. During high school, he worked hard to improve his basketball skills and his academics to the best of his ability, though he initially struggled with a low reading level. He struggled to get the required score of an 18 on the ACT exam needed to earn a scholarship at Marquette University and eventually managed a 17.5 aggregate score, which was rounded up to 18. At St. Joseph, Gates suffered a knee injury which limited his playing and recruitment offers.

He played three seasons for Marquette from 1991-1995. He appeared in 80 games, making 29 starts and scoring 399 points. He graduated from Marquette with a communications degree.

William Gates (soldier)

William Gates (6 April 1788 – 7 October 1868) was a long serving career United States Army officer who served on active duty from when he entered West Point as a cadet in 1801 until his final retirement in 1867. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, Seminole Wars, the Mexican War and the American Civil War, to which he was called to duty at the age of 73.

Early life

He was born on 6 April 1788 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He was the son of Captain Lemuel Gates, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, and attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, graduating in 1800.

Military career

Gates was one of the first cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point when he was appointed as a cadet on 2 March 1801. He graduated on 6 March 1806, and was commissioned in the Army as a second lieutenant in the Regiment of Artillerists. He was the 11th cadet to graduate West Point and was ranked first in the Class of 1806.

He served in garrison at forts along the Atlantic seaboard from 1806 to 1812. He was promoted to first lieutenant on 3 November 1807.