Hiram College

Born in Lakewood, Fla., White grew up in Warren, Ohio and graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in January of 1952 as both class
salutatorian and class president.

At Hiram, he lettered in basketball, football and baseball as he had done in high school. He was an active member of the Hiram community, a role
he has continued to play over the years serving on Hiram's Board of Trustees and as a member of the Garfield Society.

Following Hiram, Bill played professional baseball with the New York Giants, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies, participating in
six All Star Games and winning seven Gold Gloves. He was a member of the 1964 World Champion St. Louis Cardinal team.

From 1960-1965, Bill worked for KMOX Radio in St. Louis before joining Channel 6 in Philadelphia from 1965-1971 during which time he served as sports director from 1970-1971. In 1971, he joined the New York Yankees broadcasting crew and went on to broadcast the World Series for CBS
Radio and ABC TV. In 1989 he was elected President of the National League of Baseball, a position he held until his retirement in 1994.

Former Chairman of the Bucks County, Pennsylvanian Cancer Society's Annual Fund Drive, former board member of Big Brother/Big Sisters of  Philadelphia and a former member of Centel Corporations before its merger with Sprint, White, as of his induction, was a member of the Board of Paine Webber's Mitchell Hutchins Pace Funds and of Philadelphia's Jefferson Bank.

He holds honorary degrees for Davis and Elkins, Northeastern, Iona and Trinity College.