Hall of Fame
Bill received his B.S. in business education and health, physical education and recreation from Findlay College. He retired in 2007 as Vice President of Oregon Mutual Insurance Company in McMinnville, Oregon and now serves on the Board of Directors of Sublimity Insurance Company. Previously, he was the Pacific Northwest regional manager of Viking Insurance Company. Division of Xerox Financial Services; regional vice president at Financial Indemnity-Teledyn; and adjuster-in-charge for Crawford and Company Insurance Adjusters. Bingle was chairman of the Oregon Insurance Council and Western Insurance Information Service; a member of the Blue Goose International; Independent Insurance Agents of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; Seattle Personnel Council; Seattle Claim and Insurance Managers Association; Bingle also coached Little League football. He was president of the Margaretta Township Parent-Teacher Association. Bingle was vice president of the Varsity “F” Club in 1966-67 and president of the Varsity “F” Club in 1967. He was a four-year letterman in football and a three-year member of the District All-Star Team. He also was a member of the 1964 NAIA Championship playoff team and served as a team captain in 1966. He and his wife, Cheryl Ann, live in Salem, OR, and have two children, Bo and Michelle, and three grandchildren.
