Background
Williams, Alan Davison was born on October 25, 1925 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Son of Curtis Gilbert and Marjorie Barton (Townsend) Williams.
Williams, Alan Davison was born on October 25, 1925 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Son of Curtis Gilbert and Marjorie Barton (Townsend) Williams.
Graduate, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1944; Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1949.
Advertising manager, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1949-1953; publicity manager, editor, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1953-1958; New York editor, Little, Brown & Company, 1959-1965; managing editor, editorial director, vice president, Viking Press, Inc., New York City, 1965-1984; vice president editorial, Viking-Penguin Inc., 1975-1984; executive editor, vice president, G.P. Putnam Company. New York City, 1985-1987; public, editor in chief, Arbor House/William Morrow, New York City, 1987-1989; public, Grove Weidenfeld Inc., New York City, 1990-1992. Member advisory council English department Princeton, 1972-1986.
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Board directors Friends of Princeton Art Museum, 1980-1985. Trustee Princeton University Press, 1991-1995. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1944-1945.
Member of Century Association (New York City).
Married Beverly Alexander, April 1, 1951 (divorced May 1988). Children: Wistar W. Rawls, Anne Alexander, Marjorie Williams Noah. Married Rosina Rue, June 25, 1988.
1 child, Rosina Barton.