William K. Eakins

William K. Eakins was born in Cleveland, Ohio on Novermer 4th, 1944 and spent most of his young life in Southern Ohio, where is grandparents owned a farm, and in Northern Kentucky. He attended grade school--where his mother Helen was principal--in his home town of Garrison, Kentucky, but attended high school at Millersburg Military Institute outside Lexington, Kentucky. Just before entering college, he was honored for community service by being inducted into the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.

After attending several local colleges he moved to Florida and obtained a BA degree in psychology from Florida Atlantic University at Boca Raton. He then began a career in Public Health, working for the Palm Beach Co. Health Department. The department later paid for him to obtain a Masters Degree in Environmental Health from East Tennessee State University at Johnson City. During his career he has dealt with many problems and tense situations from Haitian drums contaminated with anthrax to 2000 patrons of a restaurant falling ill from salmonella poisoning to perfroming the final restaurant and hotel inspections for Donald Trump's Mar-a-lago Club in Palm Beach, including Mr. Trump's private quarters.

In 1999 Mr. Eakins began a private practice as an Environmental Health Consultant. He has now retired to enjoy the NE Tennessee mountains, his friends, and a lonetime love for writing.