William E. Dreyer was born and raised in Concordia, Missouri. His first job was waiting tables in his parents’ restaurant. He began his career with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in St. Louis in 1959. He progressed through jobs in Missouri, Georgia, Texas, and Kansas.In 1992, he became President of Southwestern Bell of Texas where he headed a workforce of 30,000 employees. He retired in 1998 as Senior Executive Vice President of SBC, Inc., which became AT&T.

Bill now serves on several boards including that of his alma mater, William Jewell College. He is on the Executive Council of Kappa Alpha Order and on the Board of Trustees of the Kappa Alpha Order Educational Foundation.

He was initiated into the Alpha Delta chapter of Kappa Alpha Order in 1957.

Bill and his wife Linda, are members of the Alamo Heights United Methodist Church. They reside in San Antonio, Texas. They have two daughters, two sons-in-law, and five grandchildren.

William E. Dreyer was elected to the Executive Council in 2003.

In 2011 at the 74th Convention, he was elected the Order’s 39th Knight Commander. He joins his predecessors as the Order’s Chairman and President.

Knight Commander Dreyer is a member of the Courts of Honor for the Mikell, Walsh, Wood, Chiles, Irwin, and Smith Provinces. He is also a past recipient of the Knight Commander’s Accolade.