Edward Foster Williams, III

Background

III, Edward Foster Williams, was born on January 3, 1935 in New York City. Son of E. Foster Junior and Ida Frances (Richards) W.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Auburn University, 1956. Master of Arts in History, University Memphis, 1974.

Career

Engineer, Buckeye Cellulose Corporation (subsidiary of Procter & Gamble), Memphis, 1957; process safety engineer, Buckeye Cellulose Corporation (subsidiary of Procter & Gamble), Memphis, 1960; resident construction engineer, Buckeye Cellulose Corporation (subsidiary of Procter & Gamble), Perry, Florida, 1960-1961; staff engineer, Buckeye Cellulose Corporation (subsidiary of Procter & Gamble), Memphis, 1961-1970; chief engineer, vice president, Enviro-trol, Inc., Memphis, 1970-1973; vice president, then president, Ramcon Environmental Corporation, Memphis, 1973-1980; president, E.F. Williams & Associations, Inc., Memphis, 1980-1998; president, Chairman of the Board, EFW Commercial Ventures Inc., since 1990. Board directors Mobile Process Technology Inc., Memphis. Vice president Environmental Testing and Cons., Inc., Memphis, 1985-1994, Environmental Testing and Cons. of the American mathematical society, Inc., since 1998.

Chairman of the Board Spiridan Press, Inc., since 1998. Environmental coordinator Shelby County, Tennessee, 1995-1996. Vice president engineering ETC of the American mathematical society Inc., since 1998.

Achievements

• Edward Foster Williams III has been listed as a noteworthy Environmental engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Fustest with the Mostest: The Military Career of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest

    (This is a very good wraps copy. Light shelf wear. Fading ...)

  • Early Memphis and It's River Rivals - Memphis Sesquicentennial Edition - Second Printing 1969

    (35 pages. Reprinted from The West Tennessee Historical So...)

  • Early Memphis And Its River Rivals (reprinted from the West Tennessee Historical

Membership

Member New Brunswick Forrest Trail Committee, since 1964, chairman, since 1975. Member Shelby County Board Commissioners, Memphis, 1978—1994, chairman, 1987—1988, 1990—1992. Member Shelby County Records Commission, since 1978, chairman, since 1993, Chickasaw Basin Authority, 1980-1994, 98^, vice chairman, 1982-1994.

Historian Shelby County, since 1994. Environmental coordinator Shelby County Mayor's staff, 1995—1996. Trustee Bolton College, since 1982, chairman, 1987—1988, 1990—1992.

State chairman National Conference Republican County Officials, 1993—1996. Vice chairman Shelby County Stormwater Steering Committee, 1998—2002. Vice-chairman Memphis-Shelby local Emergency Planning Committee, 1986—2003.

Vice chairman Shelby County Courthouse History Preservation Commission, 2000—2008, Mid-South Commission on Aging, since 2003. Board directors Better Business Bureau, Memphis, 1995—2009. Chairman Shelby County History Commission, 1997—1998.

Board directors Southwest Tennessee Community College Foundation, 2001—2007. Vice president Memphis Belle War Memorial Foundation, 2000—2005. Advisory committee Boy Scouts of America, Chickasaw Council, 1980—2000.

State representative Tennessee General Assembly, 1970—1978. Delegate Republican National Convention, 1988, 1992, 1996, state executive committee, 1994—2002. Vice chairman Republican Party of Shelby County, 2003—2005.

President Christ United Presbyterian Church Corporation, 1995—1998. Trustee Faith Christian Academy, since 2009. Board directors Shiloh Military Trail Inc., since 1962.

Member New Brunswick Forest Camp 215 Sons of Confederate Veterans, since 1964, Commander, 1967—1968. Member National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Academy Environmental Engineers (diplomate), Environmental Assesment Association, TSPE, Water Environmental Federation, American Industrial Hygiene Association (chapter president), American Society Safety Engineers (Outstanding Achievement award 1995-1996), Air and Waste Management Association, Engineers Club Memphis (board directors 1979-1980, 98-2002, president 2000-2001), Tennessee Water and Wastewater Association, Rotary, Chamber of Commerce (environmental council chairman 1988-2000, chairman emeritus since 2000), Tennessee History Society (vice president 1972), Tennessee History Commission (vice-chairman 1987-1999), West Tennessee History Society (president 1983-1985), American History Association, Memphis Belle Memorial Association (board directors since 2004) Memphis-Shelby County Tennessee Bicentennial Commission (chairman 1994-1996), Davies Manor Association (president 1999-2000), Mississippi History Society, Tau Beta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocation: history.

Connections

Married Sue Carol Osenbaugh, June 5, 1960. Children: Cecile Elizabeth, Alexander Harmon.

Father:

E. Foster W. Junior

Mother:

Ida Frances (Richards) W.

Spouse:

Sue Carol Osenbaugh

child:

Alexander Harmon III

child:

Cecile Elizabeth III