Town Official. Unlike the tax collector, there is no provision in the law to allow a town clerk to be appointed. Thus, all town clerks must be elected and thereby must also be residents in the town they serve. City clerks, however, are appointed by the city council and are subject to the provisions of the city charter.
William H. Gates Sr. William Henry Bill Gates (born William Henry Gates II; November 30, 1925), also known publicly as Bill Gates Sr. is a retired American attorney and philanthropist and author of the book Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime. He is the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. One of a line of businessmen named William H. Gates, and sometimes called William Gates Jr. in his career, he is now generally known as William Henry Gates Sr. due to the greater prominence of his son William H. Gates III.
Bill Gates' immediate family includes his wife, three children and two sisters. The founder of Microsoft has an older sister named Kristianne and a younger sister named Libby. His wife is Melinda, whom Gates married in 1994. The couple's children, from oldest to youngest, are Jennifer, Rory and Phoebe.