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D. William "Bill" Yates

May 26, 2005

D. William "Bill" Yates, former coach of WMU's men's golf team, died May 1 in Kalamazoo. He was 64.

Yates led the Bronco golf squad from 1985 until the sport was dropped from the varsity roster in 1988. For more than 10 years, he was a golf pro with the Kalamazoo Municipal Golf Association, where he was a golf instructor and conducted a junior golf school.

Media contact: Cheryl Roland, 269 387-8400, cheryl.roland@wmich.edu

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