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50 YEARS OF HISTORY Many of you remember Don Williams, who retired as SSC’s CEO in 2014, but do you know how he first came to SSC?

ambitions were sidetracked, “I met Baxter, an incomparable business man and friend. I have seen the struggles of a new business but, even more strongly, the successes of hard work, determination and trust win out.”

It was 1976, and Don was a Grad Student at the University of Tennessee in a summer long course of Intensive Immersion Russian History and Language. Tensions from the Cold World still lingered and there were rumors on campus that the CIA was there discreetly recruiting for Signals Intelligence. Don, who in addition to Russian, could also speak and write French and German aimed his sights high and set off on a mission to get himself recruited. The student newspaper had a mysterious blind box ad that didn’t seem to fit with the others, no logo, no job details, so our bold student answered the opportunity. His resume made an impact, and he was invited for an interview. Very little information was given. He proceeded to the designated location, an unmarked door

in a tiny building behind a Krystals— perfect cover for the CIA. The interview went glowingly and he was given his next task: meet a former Naval Petty Officer at night in the empty cafeteria of Farragut High School. September 1st, Don arrived at the covert meeting, met Ed King, and was handed and mop and a bucket. “It wasn’t’ the CIA. I offered $1.65/ hr to clean FHS. I was ewly

married and and needed a job. I figured this was as good as any.” Life doesn’t always take

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