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William J. Wagner III
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| Industry: |
Education |
| Born: |
July 28, 1951, San Antonio, Texas |
| Spouse: |
Joyce Jackson |
| Married: |
December 8, 1973 |
| Type of Organization: |
Middle School |
| Major Product: |
Intermediary education |
| Area of Distribution: |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Expertise: |
Mr. Wagner has over 15 years of education experience. He helped start the Aerospace Magnet program together with the magnet program for schools and regularly interacts with students, teachers and the community to recruit students for the rocketry program. |
| University/Degree: |
Certified, High Powered Rocketry |
| Title: |
Teaching Assistant in Special Education and Secretary to Magnet Program |
| Work History: |
Mr. Wagner's career has been varied, beginning in the U.S. Air Force as a Heating System Specialist in 1970. In 1978, he attended Hallmark Aerotec to obtain an Airframe & Power Plant license to work on aircraft. He worked at St. Luke's Hospital in 1980 as a maintenance call man. From 1981-2003, he worked at Baptist Medical Center in San Antonio as a boiler plant operator and patient room call man. Then, in 2005, Mr. Wagner began working as the secretary, rocketry advisor and National Rocketry Association representative to the Krueger School of Applied Technologies program. In 2010, he started working as a teaching assistant and mentor to the Team American Challenge with the National Rocketry Association and, to date, is still in this position. |
| Affiliations: |
National Rocketry Association; Tripoli Rocketry Association; San Antonio High Power Rocketry Society |
| Career Accomplishments: |
Mr. Wagner has been part of a team which had entered the Team America Rocket Challenge Competition in Washington D.C. for the past five years. They placed high enough to attend the Student Launch Initiative in Huntsville, Alabama, which is affiliated with NASA. |
| Hobbies & Sports: |
Rocketry, amateur (ham) radio |
