Bill Kitchens Memorial Scholarship

Bill embraced life with gusto. He loved sailboat racing and cruising and was an active member and Staff Commodore of South Shore Yacht Club. He enjoyed the environs and wildlife of the activities of hunting, fishing, scuba-and free-diving.

He savored camping and road trips. No expedition would be complete without taking the vehicle off-road. He’d often get his vehicle stuck (then unstuck) in a tradition he called “playing cars.” Bill said, "If you’re not “playing cars,” you’re not trying hard enough."

He delighted in music and song- from his childhood days as a founding member of the Tucson Boys Chorus to singing sea shanties, ballads, Mexican rancheras, and Scottish songs on car trips, in boats cockpits, and around campfires.

“Cannoneer Bill” built carbide cannons from plastic plumbing pipe, and was seen (and heard) around the Newport waterfront making joyful noise unto the Lord. His activities as part of the Historic Cannon Preservation Society saw him firing cannons from Newport to Ticonderoga, New York, and Isle of Skye, Scotland.