Bill Quain
PhD
Bill Quain, PhD, works as a professor at Stockton University’s Atlantic City campus.
Dr. Quain served for 20 years in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, within the Department of Homeland Security. His most recent assignment was Flotilla Staff Officer for Public Education, in Flotilla 8-4, in Ocean City, New Jersey
Today, he is the Flotilla Staff Officer for Public Education in Ocean City.
He has served in uniform in the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.
After graduating from Cornell in 1974, he became a V.I.S.T.A. Volunteer, serving as a consultant to minority businesses.
Dr. Quain began to lose his eyesight to Stargardt disease at the age of 14. He grew up in Philadelphia but has lived all over the United States. Dr. Quain studied hotel management at Cornell University and, later, earned his master’s degree from Florida International University. He became a professor at the University of New Orleans and earned his PhD there.
Dr. Quain is the author of 28 books with over 2 million copies sold worldwide. He began speaking in 1980 and has traveled the world, speaking to groups of all sizes, ranging from the boardroom to major audiences in stadiums and convention centers. Bill was the creator and Founding Chef for PBS Television’s cooking show for the blind called “Cooking Without Looking.” A few years later, he was invited to help Deaf Actress Marlee Matlin create an accessible kitchen for “Extreme Makeover Home Edition.”
Dr. Quain married his college sweetheart, Jeanne. They raised two daughters who often traveled with him. They live in Ocean City, New Jersey.
