Ladies by Design. Women's History Month. Job Board. Member Directory. Member Benefits. Membership Rates. Mentorship Program. AIGA National. Eye on Design. Designer Resources. Design Thinking for Educators. General William Starkey is introduced in "The Stand" when Project Blue's secret facility in California experiences a containment breach; the virus kills all within except a security guard, who goes AWOL and manages to flee the compound with his family.
Through him the virus begins to infect civilians and quickly reaches epidemic proportions. To protect the classified nature of Project Blue, and also forestall a domestic and international panic, Starkey takes several drastic measures. Throughout the crisis he issues many morally-questionable but arguably necessary orders through a close friend and fellow officer, Major Len Creighton , trying to stall the spread of the virus with sheer ruthlessness.
One of Starkey's early moves is to order the press to remain silent about the superflu. When it becomes clear that the media are not willing to cooperate with strict military-ordered censorship voluntarily, Starkey issues a coded order to deal with the problem. The command "Troy" authorizes military suppression of the media, up to and including the use of deadly force. This brutal act ultimately fails, as both independent journalists and newspapers alike soon realise what is happening.
Tens of thousands of newspapers are printed by the LA Times alone, telling the truth of the rapidly-deteriorating situation and revealing the federal government's lies about the superflu. By the time soldiers are able to stop the printings and execute those responsible, it no longer matters.
Word has gotten out, and the public knows something very wrong is going on. College students rebel in mass numbers at a university in Kentucky and at Kent State in Ohio, where a bloody massacre occurs when the unarmed students are confronted by heavily-armed soldiers and refuse to back down. A popular radio talk show host, Ray Flowers, is killed on the air by soldiers when he refuses to stop taking uncensored calls from listeners.
These incidents and many others cause increasing protests and rebellion among the general public, and mutiny and desertion become a swiftly-escalating problem for the US Armed Forces. When situation escalates to a national crisis and rapidly spirals out of control, Starkey is relieved of command by the president whom Starkey refers to as a "dirty alderman" and a "grinning, gladhanding sack of shit". So, Bill started his own company.
Bill then folded his larger operation under the Starkey name, and the rest is history. Starkey continues to set itself apart in the industry through its quality, service and innovation. Now in his sixth decade in the industry, Bill is at his happiest when personally providing and assisting people with hearing aids. When necessary, Bill works day and night, often seven days a week, to ensure that everyone receives the care and treatment needed to utilize their own hearing aids.
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