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William P.
Hacker |
Updated:
04/24/07
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William P. Hacker
received the Construction Management Founders Society Lifetime Achievement
Award.
William (Bill) P. Hacker was
born on August 14, 1941 in Corbin, Kentucky to Ed and Mary Esther Hacker.
He has an older brother, J. Larry Hacker. Bill graduated from Corbin
High School in 1959. He earned his BSCE in 1965 from UK. During the
summer, he worked for his father at Hacker Brothers Construction Company,
learning all facets of the construction industry.
After graduation in May 1965, Bill quickly began his travels to the
East — Whitesburg, Kentucky, where he became the project supervisor
for Hacker Brothers Construction Company, overseeing the building of
a new
Economic Security Building.
Uncle Sam called Bill to the military, where he served from February
1966 through November 1968. He attended the United States Army Engineers
Officer Candidate School and received a commission as second lieutenant
in the Corps of Engineers. While serving one year in Viet Nam in the
20th Engineer Brigade, 159th Engineer Group, he was in charge of design
and construction of the underground
tactical operations center for General Westmoreland, as well as bridge
and road reconnaissance. He was honorably discharged in November of
1968.
Bill came home to be executive vice president of Hacker Brothers Construction
Company. His duties included manager of estimating as well as project
manager. Mr. Hacker supervised many school and industrial projects in
the southeast region of Kentucky.
Bill became president of Hacker Brothers Construction Company in 1977.
At this time, he built the Convocation Center at Cumberland College,
and later built three dormitories.
The company renovated the First National Bank in Corbin, the new First
National Bank of London, and
the Bank of Columbia. Hacker Brothers constructed new detention centers
in Laurel, Knox, Johnson, and Pulaski Counties. Schools seemed to be
a specialty. Hacker Brothers built many in Laurel, Clay, Lee, Breathitt,
Jackson, Bell, and Knott Counties, as well as Campbell County, Tennessee
and the Corbin Independent School District. Hacker Brothers also built
the Aeronautical Vocational School in Somerset. In a wild foray outside
the world of banking and academia, Bill was pleased when chosen to build
the Country Music Museum in Renfro Valley.
Mr. Hacker was a member of the Blue Grass Association of General Contractors,
and served as president. Then as a member of the Kentucky Associated
General Contractors of America, he again was chosen to serve as president.
Bill currently is serving as trustee of Associated General Contractors
Self-Insurer's Insurance Fund, where he has been elected chairman for
three terms. He has been a member of this group for over 17 years.
Mr. Hacker served seven years on the Corbin-London Airport Board, six
years as a trustee for Southeast Kentucky Baptist Hospital, twenty years
as a director of First National Bank of Corbin, five years as a director
of Union Planters Bank of Corbin, and is currently serving on the Advisory
Board of Whitaker Bank of Corbin. He has been a trustee of Cumberland
College (now the University of the Cumberlands) for over 25 years. Bill
is a member of the Corbin Chamber of Commerce and Corbin Lions Club,
where he served as president.
Bill and his wife, the former Ann Cadle, reside in Corbin and have been
married 41 years. Bill and Ann are active members of the First Baptist
Church where both are deacons. They have two children, William Douglas
(Doug) and Laura Ann, and four grandchildren, Audrey Grace, Will, Lilly,
and Hayden. In his spare time, Bill enjoys spending time at the beach,
time with family and friends, and working in his yard. Bill is also
an avid golfer and woodworker.
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