William S. (Bill) Newman

Boston-raised New York State budget analyst who trained under Peter Austin at Ringwood Brewery and founded Wm. S. Newman Brewing in Albany (c. 1980-1993), one of the first microbreweries in the eastern US. Brewed Newman's Pale Ale, Winter Ale and Albany Amber, and trained or influenced Jim Koch, Larry Bell and Jim Patterson. Later a brewing-systems rep and South End housing and waterfront advocate.