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    Meet Trustee Williams

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    R. OWEN WILLIAMS

    Board Member

    Board of Trustees

    • Morehouse College, Board Member
    • Associated Colleges of the South President
      Retired
    Education

    Yale University

    Doctor of Philosophy

    Yale Law School

    Master in the Study of Law

    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

    Bachelor of Arts (Hon.)

    Dartmouth College

    Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy

    In Conversation...

    WHY HAVE YOU CHOSEN TO SERVE ON THE MOREHOUSE COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES?

    Morehouse is among the most important institutions in America and it is an enormous honor to have been asked to join the board.

     
    WHO FROM THE MOREHOUSE COMMUNITY HAS IMPRESSED OR IMPACTED YOUR LIFE OR WORK?

    There are so many inspiring people associated with the college–faculty, staff, and alumni–so many of whom have impressed me greatly. I look forward to getting to know more of of the Morehouse community in the coming years.

     
    AS A TRUSTEE, HOW DO YOU HOPE TO IMPACT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE?

    While I expect to learn more than I contribute, I hope that my experience as a past college president will prove useful. I also hope and assume that my many years of fundraising will also be of value to the college.

     
    WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK, MOVIE AND/OR TV SHOW OF ALL TIME?

    My wife and I have an extensive library of wonderful books, none of which mean more to me than my signed copy of Edmund Morgan’s American Slavery, American Freedom. (It was also signed by the preeminent slavery scholar, David Brion Davis, who gave me the book.) As to movies, I have seen so so many, but I especially like Money Ball (we watch a lot of documentaries, of which there are too many to name).