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| CACI’s former President of US Operations William Fairl |
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Bill was an avid Fisherman. Happy times August 2013
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Bill Fairl had been with CACI since 1987, when he joined as program manager. He held positions in the company as vice president, senior vice president and executive vice president, prior to becoming chief operating officer in 2004 and then president of U.S. operations in 2007. Bill played a key role in company growth, including merger and acquisition programs, recruiting, philanthropy initiatives and in accelerating services to U.S. government customers and for mission critical services.
Bill's executive experience spanned the development, management, and growth of technology-based organizations in support of the Department of Defense (DoD), federal civilian agencies, the intelligence community, and commercial clients. He led CACI's Integrated Engineering Business Group, which was responsible for a significant portion of CACI International Inc.'s engineering and logistics business. He helped develop that organization into a high-performing solutions provider delivering best-value services for planning, designing, building, modernizing, and maintaining hardware and software for federal clients.
Bill joined CACI in 1998 through the acquisition of QuesTech, Inc. Mr. Fairl initially worked primarily at Caci International Inc. San Diego, California office, served as an Operations Manager and a Senior Vice President, Executive Vice President at CACI in 2001.
He was head of the QuesTech office in San Diego, where I met him working in the area of multisensor data fusion. Jack London had acquired QuesTech to get the intelligence contracts done out of the Washington office, but as a serendipitous discovery, got the San Diego office and Bill too. Before coming to QuesTech in San Diego, Bill served at Ball Systems Engineering and Comptek Research, Inc. managing programs that supported advanced U.S. Air Force flight testing and U.S. Navy command and control systems. Mr. Fairl's principal area of technical expertise was surveillance data fusion.
He was a member of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE), and the Navy League. He was a 1971 Graduate of the University of Detroit with Masters and Bachelor Degrees in Electrical Engineering.
Bill was known for his love of family, sense of humor, as a musician, and for his compassionate devotion to the service of those less fortunate.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his children, Will and wife Meghan, Patrick, Samuel, and Kathleen; beloved granddaughter, Josie Fairl; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Robert and Roselle and Michael and Lori; one sister and brother-in-law, Ellen and Jerry Stay; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
(from his Wife, Carolyn)
As most of you know, Bill passed away peacefully at home on Friday, August 11th after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He is at peace now. He was first diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer about this time last year. He underwent surgery followed by a course of chemo which ran thru late April. Scan taken following treatment showed recurrence tumor at primary site (and elsewhere, I believe). After 1 follow-on chemo infusion in May, Bill and family decided not to continue treatment as it was too toxic with low odds of success. Bill had been in home care hospice since then in Selinsgrove, PA.
Bill gave generously to many organizations in his lifetime.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Bill's memory may be made to:
- Susquehanna Valley CASA P.O. Box 885, Sunbury, PA 17801
https://www.susquehannavalleycasa.com/donate/ - Transitions of PA P.O. Box 170, Lewisburg, PA 17837
http://www.transitionsofpa.org/ - The REC of Eastern Snyder County 429 North Eighth Street, Selinsgrove, PA 17870 https://www.facebook.com/TheRECofSnyderCounty/
I don't have the words to express the depth of my gratitude to all of you - your outpouring of love and prayers sustained us through this past year.
Carolyn
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Hello Carolyn - it has been a very long time! I was walking my dog this evening, and all of a sudden, I thought about you. Of course, in this day of googling, I googled you when I returned home. I am so sorry about Bill's passing - but happy as it sounds like his life and your marriage was very fulfilling. I do hope you are doing well, and surrounded by much love and support. I am at mokey434@gmail.com. I'm also on Facebook. xo
ReplyDeleteDear Carolyn and Family.
ReplyDeleteTo this day I wake up during a nights sleep with a awful regret that I was not aware of Bill’s sickness and his passing. Karen and I were on a 30 day cruise in the South Pacific. Bill was my rock and always helped me as a professional and friend. Bill was a smart man, caring and always contributed to anyone's improvement and encouragement to be better. I am so grateful to have had Bill in my life and to have known the Fairl family. God bless Bill for I know he is looking down on all the friends he cared of with a huge smile. I know I have missed Bill and all the Fairl family. My heart aches that I did not get a chance to say good bye to a man that enriched my life to the fullest.
Carolyn, God Bless you and the family
Jim and Karen Savage