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The Rev. William Sasso ("Bill") has served as minister of the Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship since August, 1999.  He holds advanced degrees in both ministry and business administration. In June, 1999, after completing a five-year program of study, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Ministry (with distinction) by Meadville/Lombard Theological School in Chicago.  His doctoral thesis examined Unitarian Universalism and issues of aging.  In 2002, he was granted full fellowship in parish ministry by the Unitarian Universalist Association's Ministerial Fellowship Committee.

Prior to beginning his study for the ministry, Bill was on the business school faculty at New York University, where he published research in the areas of software technology and systems design.  He has also worked for nine years as a Research Project Manager for a leading software consulting firm.  His academic credentials in that area include a Master of Business Administration (University of Illinois, Chicago, 1981) and Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1985). During his preparation for the Unitarian Universalist ministry, he served Unitarian Universalist congregations in Marquette, Michigan and Racine, Wisconsin as a minister-in-training. 

Believing strongly that Unitarian Universalism offers the spiritually committed wonderful leverage to achieve positive change, in both ourselves and our world, Bill has been active in the Carbondale Interfaith Council and Carbondale in Harmony, as a planner for Carbondale's annual Community Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and as a founder and Board member of Rainbow Cafe, Southern Illinois' safe space for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender teens and their friends.

Bill and his family enjoy the beauty of nature present in southern Illinois.