William R. Orben
B.S., Lehigh
Upper Mid Class Dean, Math
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Work Phone: 860-945-7987
Year Appointed: 2003
Will is a 1992 graduate of Taft. He attended Lehigh University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and played four years of soccer, captaining the team for two years. In 1995, Will took a year away from Lehigh to live in Daventry, England, where he worked in a manufacturing plant, played soccer, and traveled. Upon graduating in 1997, he worked for Huber, Hunt and Nichol’s as a construction project engineer in Whitehouse, New Jersey. A year later, Will began playing professional soccer in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Soon after, he traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark, to train with Danish superliga team FC Copenhagen and study architecture at Denmark’s International Study Program. From 1998 to 2002, Will continued to play professional soccer in Denmark for FC Copenhagen, B93, Viborg, Olstykke, and Copenhagen BK Skjold. At Taft, Will works in Admissions, teaches Calculus and Architecture & Engineering, coaches boys varsity soccer and boys JV tennis.