Forty-five or so years ago, in 1973 or 1975, I knew a James Hickenbotham (though I may have spelled the last name wrong), whose novice call was WN7SYN. We lived in College Place, Washington at the time (just outside Walla Walla). I was thirteen, high school freshman; he was (as I recall) a senior, so likely born around 1954-1956 time frame.
If he's still around and still active, I just wanted to let him know that, even though it took most of a half century (and deletion of the Morse requirement), I finally got my ham license.