![]() ![]() Sinkin retired from banking in 1987 and subsequently focused largely on renewable energy. I always left enthused by his unrelenting commitment and focus on a bright future for solar energy.” I have many more remembrances of visits with him through the years after he founded Solar San Antonio. In any case, it was a beautiful installation and quite an exciting thing for us in the early days of the Texas Solar Energy Society, for which I served, at the time, as Executive Director. I’d like to remember he piped it to a nearby car wash or restaurant, but maybe I’m just making that up. I vaguely remember a number in the range of 80 panels, but mostly I remember brainstorming with him about what to do with all that hot water (the bank restrooms just didn’t require that much). So much so that he installed solar water heating equipment at his bank which served as the canopy for the drive-in banking lanes. Even then he was excited about the potential solar energy offered. My earliest interaction with Bill go back to the mid-1980s when he was president of Texas Bank. He was a hero and an inspiration to so many as he sought ways to better the lives of others throughout his storied life. He dedicated much of the last decades of his life to advocacy for the aggressive development of solar energy, especially in his beloved San Antonio. “Bill Sinkin, founder of Solar San Antonio, has passed away at 100 years of age. Smith, executive director, of the Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association, memorialized Sinkin in an email to the association’s membership: Sinkin, a lifetime resident of San Antonio and founder of Solar San Antonio, died on Monday after a lingering illness at his home. And he’s a two-time Emmy nominee.īeamer is married to (and competing with) Ursula Pari and is the proud father of four wonderful children.Īmong his special interests are taking his family on “field trips”, photography, movies, reading, and jogging (very slowly).Bill Sinkin enjoys questions from Randy Beamer on stage with grandaughter Amelia Sinkin as he celebrates his 100th birthday at a reception in the Skyroom at the University of the Incarnate Word on May 17, 2013. Murrow award from the Radio TV News Directors Association. He’s also part of a team that won a coveted Edward R. He’s won a number of awards from various groups, including the Society of Professional Journalists (Sigma Delta Chi), Texas Associated Press Broadcasters and The Dallas Press Club. īeamer’s work has been recognized by his peers. Later, he returned to San Antonio, joining News 4 WOAI. Beamer left KENS-TV for KUSA-TV in Denver where he continued working as a reporter/photographer. He not only continued to shoot, write, and edit his own reports, but he also became an anchor for the station. Later, he would leave Iowa to work at KENS-TV in San Antonio. ![]() ![]() Then he returned to Drake, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism, a full-time job, and a love for TV news. Once out of high school, Beamer attended Drake, then left for the film school of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. While still in high school, he attended some college courses at Illinois State University. While still a senior, he landed a full-time job at NBC affiliateWHO-TV.īeamer was born and raised in Normal, Illinois. As a sophomore, he began as a reporter-photographer and voice of the late-night “sign-off” news at CBS affiliate KCCI-TV. And he especially enjoys bringing you stories of the fascinating people, places and history from all over this wide region.īeamer started in TV as a student at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he was a National Merit Scholar. He’s reported live from the national political conventions, the space shuttle tragedy, the capture of the Texas 7 prison escapees in Colorado. In early 2005, he took his camera to Sri Lanka to bring you stories of the devastation of the tsunami and San Antonio’s 433rd Airlift Wing - helping in the relief effort. He’s reported for News 4 WOAI from all over the country and into Mexico and Central America on stories as diverse as the Hurricane in Honduras, to the Spurs playing for a title, to what drives people in the interior of Mexico to cross illegally into the U.S. And between anchoring, reporting, shooting and editing, he also enjoys volunteering his time as a popular speaker and emcee at dozens of community fundraisers. He still loves to grab a camera and shoot his own stories as much as possible. Randy Beamer is the award-winning weeknight 5, 6 & 10 pm co-anchor and a photojournalist for News 4 WOAI. ![]()
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