William J. Nicol's Obituary
William J. Nicol
CDR, USN (Ret)
CDR William J. Nicol, of Leesburg, VA, passed away on July 26, 2015. Bill was a loving husband of 29 years to Amy Cole Nicol and a devoted father to Andrea and Robert Nicol. He is survived by his father and mother, Captain and Mrs. Robert G. Nicol, USN (Ret.) of Rockville, MD; his brothers, Bob and Bud; and his sisters, Cindy and Kathy; his mother-in-law, Norma Cole; and numerous nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law. In a sense, Bill was a “Road Warrior.” His Dad’s positions in the Navy required that he and his family move often. Bill graduated from Fort Hunt High School in Alexandria, VA, in 1971, and entered the Navy ROTC Program at the University of New Mexico, from which he graduated in 1975. After college, he entered the Navy, where he was a qualified Surface Warfare officer and a Construction Battalion officer. In his naval career, he rose to the rank of Commander in the Supply Corps and received his Master’s Degree from the Naval War College in Newport, RI. He retired from the Navy in 1996 and worked in the private sector as a Navy contractor and in the Civil Service, his last position being in the latter as a Navy Requirements Analyst for the NAVFAC Expeditionary Program Office (NEPO). Bill will be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, with Military Honors, at time to be determined. The family requests that those wishing to honor Bill make donations in his memory to the American Heart Association.
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