WILLIAM L. FRIAR

William L. Friar (Engr ’74 CM) participated in an oral history interview at the request of the Alaska Oil and Gas Historical Society to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the start-up of the Alaska Pipeline. In 1974, shortly after graduating from UVA, he went to work in Prudhoe Bay, 240 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Friar and his wife are retired and live in Anchorage, Alaska. His daughter Virginia Friar Kane (Engr ’07) and her husband Daniel Kane (Col ’07) also live in Anchorage with their two children.