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William Henry "Bill" Gates (born William Henry Gates II; November 30, 1925) is a retired American attorney and philanthropist and author of the book ''Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime''. He is the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. One of a line of businessmen named 'William H. Gates' and sometimes called 'William Gates, Jr.' in his career, he is now generally known as ''William Henry Gates, Sr'' due to the greater prominence of his son. ==Life and career== Gates was born in Bremerton, Washington, to William Henry Gates I or Sr. (Bremerton, Washington, March 14, 1891 – Bremerton, Washington, August 17, 1969), and wife (married in Tacoma, Washington, July 14, 1913) Lillian Elizabeth Rice (Bremerton, Washington, April 23, 1891 – Bremerton, Washington, November 27, 1966).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pierce County Auditor, Marriage Records, 1876-2013 - William H Gates Jr - Lillian Elizabeth Rice )〕 He was the third in his family to have the same name, his grandfather being the first William Henry Gates. His paternal grandmother was German and his maternal grandmother was English.〔(Ancestry of Bill Gates )〕 Gates was an active member of a Boy Scout troop for several years, and earned the Eagle Scout Award in 1944. After high school he enlisted in the United States Army, changing his name to William Gates, Jr. to avoid the appearance of elitism. He fought in World War II and was honorably discharged in November 1946. He attended the University of Washington (UW) under the G.I. Bill, where he earned a B.A. in 1949 and a law degree in 1950. While at Washington he joined the Chi Psi Fraternity. He practiced law until 1998, primarily with the law firm which he co-founded as Shidler & King in 1964, later known as Preston Gates & Ellis LLP; the firm was merged into the firm now known as K&L Gates, although Bill Gates, Sr. is not affiliated with the firm. Gates also served on the board of Planned Parenthood.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Transcript: Bill Moyers Interviews Bill Gates )〕 In 1998, Gates retired from PGE. He currently serves on the Board of Regents for the University of Washington, and is a co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which his son Bill and his son's wife Melinda founded. He has served as a director for Costco Wholesale, a bulk retail corporation, since 2003. He is also a founding co-chair of the Pacific Health Summit.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Summit )〕 He has adopted the suffix "Sr." to distinguish himself from his more famous son. Gates is co-author, with Chuck Collins, of the book ''Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes'', a defense of the policies promoted by the estate tax.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2002011326 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wealth And Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes ) (excerpted from book, p.57-59)〕 He married Mary Maxwell Gates, whom he met at UW, and who died in 1994. They had three children: Kristianne, Bill, and Libby. In 1996 Gates married Mimi Gardner Gates, who was the director of the Seattle Art Museum. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William H. Gates, Sr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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