I was born March 16, 1955 on a horse ranch 35 miles outside of Nephi, Utah. My real father was a staff sergeant in the European campaign of World War II; he never made it home. My mother remarried before I was one. Growing up on a horse ranch was interesting for me as I learned responsibility early on tending to the horses. I developed a taste for literature, especially the American classics like Hawthorne, Poe, Fitzgerald, so on and so on. This helped out in high school, as I graduated valedictorian of my class and moved on to Brown University. Prior to college, I never had much of a social life (not that I didn't go to the prom or nothing) but at college, I met a woman named Susan Jefferson. We dated for about three months until she left Brown University to attend medical school in Washington D.C.; I heard she married the Defense Secretary James Heller.After graduating with a Bachelors in English, I moved to Quantico VA and joined the FBI. My first assignment was with the FBI field office in NYC. I was promoted to Special Agent in Charge in about 7 years. Eight months after being promoted, I was offered a job in Seattle in this newly created agency they called the Counter Terrorist Unit. I considered the options (both my mother and my step-father were dead by now) and decided to moved back to the West. I still wasn't married (though I did go to the bars in NYC and meet women; one in particular caught my eye and her name was Karen Hayes).Work didn't pick up over at the Division section of CTU until August 2001, when the nuclear bomb detonated and WWIII almost occured. After obtaining the rank of Senior Agent, I got the opportunity to train a new, yet experienced agent at Division named Michelle Dessler. We attempted a relationship outside of work (but you know what they say "Never mix business with pleasure.") I could tell that something was wrong with her in her attitude, so I did my homework and found out that her husband was released from prison after being charged with treason. Once I figured this out, I backed away from pursuing the romance further. Both Michelle and I transferred to Los Angeles to replace a Division director named Ryan Chappelle. I became a Division representative to CTU during the day when Air Force One was shot down. The next day, Michelle Dessler resigned as acting CTU Director and I assumed control of CTU up to this day. After the arrest of Charles Logan, Karen Hayes from Homeland Security and I began to date again. We are now happily married.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: William Fitzgerald "Bill" Buchanan
Birthday: March 16, 1955
Birthplace: Nephi, Utah
Current Location: Los Angeles, California
Eye Color: Light blue
Hair Color: Whitish grey (it used to be black)
Height: 6'
Right Handed or Left Handed: Right handed
Your Heritage: English and Scottish
The Shoes You Wore Today: Dress shoes (Stacy Adams)
Your Weakness: CTU Directors have no weaknesses
Your Fears: Getting fired by those dumbasses at Division
Your Perfect Pizza: Supreme
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: Stop the terrorists
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: I don't IM at work
Thoughts First Waking Up: Time to stop terrorists
Your Best Physical Feature: Everything
Your Bedtime: When the job tells me to go to bed
Your Most Missed Memory: The horse ranch in Utah
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: Burger King
Single or Group Dates: Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee: Coffee
Do you Smoke: Casually, but not often
Do you Swear: Sometimes
Do you Sing: I can when I need to
Do you Shower Daily: Yes
Have you Been in Love: Am
Do you want to go to College: Did
Do you want to get Married: I am married
Do you belive in yourself: Damn right!
Do you get Motion Sickness: Hell no!
Do you think you are Attractive: My wife knows I am
Are you a Health Freak: not really
Do you get along with your Parents: My parents are dead
Do you like Thunderstorms: Sort of
Do you play an Instrument: Electric guitar (only in my little spare time)
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: I drink casually, not frequently
In the past month have you Smoked: Yeah
In the past month have you been on Drugs: Never (that would get me fired)
In the past month have you gone on a Date: Yes
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: I'm married; what do you think the answer is
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: No
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Yes
In the past month have you been on Stage: No
In the past month have you been Dumped: No
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: No
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: No
Ever been Drunk: A few times
Ever been called a Tease: Yes
Ever been Beaten up: I'm not at liberty to disclose said information
Ever Shoplifted: No
How do you want to Die: Not by Jack Bauer's hands
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I'm over 50, so I think I'm grown up
What country would you most like to Visit: England
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Brown
Favourite Hair Color: I grew up in the 60's, so I prefer blondes
Short or Long Hair: Medium length
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: Normal
Best Clothing Style: Sexy
Number of Drugs I have taken: I tried a few, but never got addicted
Number of CDs I own: Several
Number of Piercings: No
Number of Tattoos: I'm not saying
Number of things in my Past I Regret: Not many (I haven't got the time to remember those things)
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Bill Buchanan
(You are 73% suitable for recruitment by/employment with Los Angeles CTU)
You are decisive and authoritative. You have a good command of ideas, and know what is going on and what you want to achieve.You sometimes find it hard to bring yourself to bend the rules, but usually allow yourself to be persuaded if a convincing case can be made. You are professional and capable.You help keep CTU ticking. You are efficient, professional and decisive. While still a little inexperienced for field operations, leadership is your main forte and you are more than able to think on your feet whatever the situation. You are better behind a desk or in command instead of behind a gun.You still rely (to some extent) on the chain-of-command as your lifeline, but in extreme circumstances you are able to innovate and take great risks for the common good.In the daily running of CTU, you are an indispensable part of the machine.
