William Lester (actor)
William Lester may refer to: *Bill Lester (born 1961), American racing driver *William A. Lester, Jr. (born 1937), American chemist *William Otis Lester (1864–1927), American politician and school administrator *MS William Lester ''Europa'' (AK-81)Only USS ''Enceladus'' (AK-80) of the ten ships of the ''Enceladus'' class, composed of Maritime Commission N3-M-A1 type small cargo vessels, saw significant naval service. Of the other nine, excpting USS ''Hydra'' (AK-82), all ...

Bill Lester
William Alexander Lester III (born February 6, 1961) is an American semi-retired professional racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 17 Ford F-150 for David Gilliland Racing. Lester previously competed full-time in the Truck Series from 2002 to midway through 2007. Lester was the NASCAR's only full-time African-American driver during that time. After that, he moved to sports car racing, competing in the Rolex Sports Car Series from 2007 to 2012. Lester had also competed part-time in the same series from 1998 to 2001. He also made two NASCAR Cup Series starts in 2006 and one Busch Series (now Xfinity) start in 1999. Since his retirement from driving, Lester has worked as a member of the NASCAR National Motorsports Appeals Panel. Racing career Early career He began racing in the road course circuits, running in the SCCA and IMSA series. He made his IMSA debut in 1989 at Sears Point International Raceway, qualifying ...
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William A
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ...
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William Otis Lester
William Otis Lester (1864-1927) was an American politician and school administrator. He served as a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1891 to 1892, representing the city of Hecla as an Independent. During this period, he also served as the editor of the ''Hecla Citizen'' newspaper. He was born 10 February 1864 in Wisconsin and died 17 January 1927 in Washakie County, Wyoming. Lester was married to Isabelle Osher on 1 November 1891, and they had seven children together. The couple moved to Minnesota and then to Wyoming in 1897. There they had a ranch and William acted as the Superintendent of Schools In the American education system, a superintendent or superintendent of schools is an administrator or manager in charge of a number of public schools or a school district, a local government body overseeing public schools. All school principa ... for Big Horn County from 1899 to 1905 and later held various other education-related roles. He was the secon ...
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