Bill Nye: The Science Guy

William Sanford Nye or “Bill Nye The Science Guy” was born on November 27 1959 In washington D.C. where he grew up with his parents Jacqueline and Edwin Darby Nye. After attending the private Sidwell Friends School, Bill enrolled at Cornell University, where he studied mechanical engineering. Upon earning his Bachelor of Science degree, Bill went on to begin his career at The Boeing Company in Seattle, where he would live for many years. Bill developed a hydraulic pressure resonance suppressor that is still used in the Boeing 747. One thing i did not know about Bill was that his mother was recruited to become a codebreaker during World War II and his father was held in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, where he had no electricity, for four years:
The experience made Edwin Nye a sundial enthusiast, and later lead Bill Nye to become one himself.