“Applying to the Sons of the American Revolution”
Presented by Bill Wheeler
Bill Wheeler is the President of the Fort Dearborn chapter, Sons of the American Revolution. The Fort Dearborn chapter covers the city of Chicago and the majority of Cook County. Bill is also the Vice President of Membership for the McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society (MCIGS). Bill is also the former (2020 – 2022) Senior State President, Illinois Society, Children of the American Revolution. Bill began his interest in genealogy when he inherited his father’s genealogy research in 1997.
During the day, and for the last 25 years, Bill supports technology. Today he works for Avanade, Inc. consulting customers on how to secure their computing infrastructure and advising how to migrate their data centers to “the cloud”. Bill holds Master’s degrees in Business Administration, and Nonprofit Management. Bill, his wife Amy, and their son Billy, live in Spring Grove, IL.