User:William Sickert

William Sickert Facts

1.	Born William Richard Sickert to Richard and Barbara Sickert on September 6th, 1960 at approximately 3am. Richard was a career Whirlpool engineer with multiple research and development patents credited to his name. Bill claimed his birth time was why he was always an early riser.

2.	Bill attended Saint Joseph High School and graduated early at 17 and proceeded to attend Lake Michigan College with his older sister Margaret in preparation for attending Northern Michigan University in Marquette Michigan. Bill was an average student due to his disinterest in the academic process. His SAT score performance resulted in the Michigan Competitive Scholarship Award with no preparation for the exam. The test was on a Saturday and Bill was the first student to complete the exam as he was rushing to prepare for a motocross race on Sunday. When he was presented with the award, Bill was asked how he prepared, and he responded that he did not prepare at all with the exception of reading encyclopedias every time he had a question and his father was still at work.

3.	Bill completed undergraduate studies and graduated a semester early in the dead of winter in 1982. His older brother Mark invited him to San Diego California as he was a Naval Aviator based out of nearby Coronado CA.

4.	Bill’s interest in law resulted in attending law school while working full time in the health care field. Bill was academically dismissed due to the work and academic load. He reapplied to National University School of Law and was awarded a full scholarship in his second year. The school abruptly closed the following month due to administrative conflicts. The third application was accepted at Western Sierra Law School in San Diego as it was the only remaining school with a night program. The first year, 1994, resulted in the West Publishing Award as the top student. 1995 included the Sigma Delta Kappa writing competition award for “An Attorneys Guide to Managed Care Liability”, Bill’s first nationally recognized written expression. In 1996 Bill graduated Summa Cum Laude while working full time and clerking on the weekends while studying at University of San Diego law library. Bill became a member of the Association of Trail Lawyers of America in 1998. Bill completed his certification in nutrition as a CNC in the same year.

5.	On July 6th 2003 Bill married Angela Byan, the recipient of his only blind date on December 12th 2001. The cross cultural marriage of Caribbean British Guyanese and a Michigan native was expressed by Angela’s engagement ring featuring diamonds surrounding a sapphire in honor of British Princess Diana and Bill’s choice of wedding dance song, A Matter of Love, from Neil Diamond’s Tennessee Moon album. There were 24 diamonds placed in the ring representing each month of dating prior to the engagement.

6.	Multiple start up successes in the Health and Wellness industry include health food store giants Garden Of Life and Barleans Organic Oils and multiple direct selling companies including 7.2/SEACRET, and recently BEMER medical device company and NuLife Ventures/AVACEN.

7.	Bill and Angela reside in Carlsbad California where Bill enjoys his return to Motocross racing and riding after finding and restoring his original 1976 racing bike from a storage barn in Delaware in 2016.