Bill Barton Serves as Life Coach for PSU's 2022-2023 Men's Basketball Program

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Bill (center, holding the ball) has been the Life Coach for the team since 2010. He is blessed with 15 culturally diverse sons almost half a century his junior. His role is to help prepare these young men for the game of life after college athletics, keeping the accent on student rather than athlete. During Bill’s tenure, PSU has helped basketball players from a variety of academic backgrounds – graduate students, Honors Program students, pre-law majors, and students interested in business and finance.

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Bill Barton Receives 2018 Dale Haralson Fallout Award from Western Trial Lawyers Association

Western Trial Lawyers Association presented Bill with the 2018 Dale Haralson Fallout Award on June 13 at their annual Hawaii Seminar. The annual “Fallout” award, first presented to Dale Haralson, in honor of the “downwinder” litigation, is given in recognition of extraordinary dedication, diligence and commitment to the pursuit of justice for individuals, as well as for members of the general public.

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The Great Dissenter, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Spotted at Skamania Lodge

On Saturday, August 6, 2016 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was spotted at Skamania Lodge in Stevenson Washington. He was there for the American College of Trial Lawyers Northwest Regional Meeting where he gave a presentation discussing his service in the Civil War, whether judges interpret or make the law and some aspects of his life missed by biographers and readers.

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Bill Barton Continues Life Coach Position with PSU’s 2016-2017 Men’s Basketball Program

News and Announcements | Bill, PSU, Life Coach |

Bill has been the Life Coach for the team since 2010. He is blessed with 15 culturally diverse sons half a century his junior. His role is to help prepare these young men for the game of life after college athletics, keeping the accent on student rather than athlete. During Bill’s tenure, PSU has helped basketball players from a variety of academic backgrounds – graduate students, Honors Program students, pre-law majors, and students interested in business and finance.

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