John Davis Williams
John D. Williams | |
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| Chancellor of the University of Mississippi | |
| In office 1946–1968 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Benjamin Butts |
| Succeeded by | Porter Lee Fortune Jr. |
| President of Marshall College | |
| In office 1942–1946 | |
| Preceded by | James Edward Allen |
| Succeeded by | Stewart Harold Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 25, 1902 Newport, Kentucky |
| Died | May 29, 1983 (aged 80) Oxford, Mississippi |
| Alma mater | University of Kentucky Teachers College, Columbia University |
John Davis Williams (December 25, 1902 – May 29, 1983) was an American university administrator who served as the Chancellor of the University of Mississippi and President of Marshall College. He served as chancellor from 1946 to 1968.[1][2]
Biography
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Amenable toward
The most significant milestone of Williams' tenure at Ole Miss was the September 30, 1962, admission of James Meredith, an African-American student, following a court ruling. Williams kept the university open during the ensuing unrest, and helped facilitate the arrival of African-American students on campus subsequently.[1][4] Numerous expansion and modernization works were carried out during Williams' tenure, including the construction of the new university library (1951), schools of engineering and medicine (1955), married student housing (1959), school of biology (1963), the Tad Smith Coliseum (1966), school of mathematics (1968), and the "twin towers" dormitory complex (1968), among other works.[4] He stepped down in 1968, and died in 1983.[2]
The university library at Ole Miss was named after him.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Ole Miss biography Archived 2010-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "JOHN WILLIAMS, OLE MISS HEAD IN DESEGREGATION CRISIS IN '62 (Published 1983)". The New York Times. 31 May 1983. Archived from the original on 2021-06-08.
- ^ Eagles, Charles W. The price of defiance: James Meredith and the integration of Ole Miss. University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
- ^ a b c Walton, Gerald. The University of Mississippi: A Pictorial History. The Booksmith Group, 2008.
- ^ Annette Trefzer (ed.), Ann J. Abadie (ed.), Faulkner's Sexualities, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2010, p. xx [1]
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