Edward Thomas Towson Williams

Background

Williams, Edward Thomas Towson was born on January 21, 1896 in New York City. Son of Thomas Towson and Augusta (Lauer) Williams.

Education

Student Brown University, 1913-1916. Doctor of Laws, Fairleigh Dickinson College, New Jersey, 1954.

Career

Sales, management consultant, 1920-1931. Chairman of the executive committee Becton, Dickinson & Company, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1932-1947. President Lambert Pharmacal Company, Saint Louis, 1947-1948.

President Lambert Company, Jersey City, 1949-1955.

Chairman of the executive committee Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Company, 1955-1959, director, since 1955. Chairman of the executive committee Becton Dickinson & Company, 1959-1961, Chairman, Board Of Directors, 1965-1968, director Chairman board of trustees Fairleigh Dickinson University, since 1941.

Director American Foundation Pharmaceutical Education, Health Information Foundation, since 1948.

Achievements

• Edward Thomas Towson Williams has been listed as a noteworthy industrialist. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as Lieutenant United States Army, 1917-1918. Member New York Board Trade (director 1941-1952), Proprietary Association (president 1952-1953). Clubs: Racquet (Saint Louis).

Connections

Married Clarice Elizabeth Tinklepaugh Foland, March 1, 1924. Children: Jane Foland (Mistress James Doctorate. Clark), Virginia Winfield (Mistress John M. Tiley).

Father:

Thomas Towson Williams

Mother:

Augusta (Lauer) Williams

Spouse:

Clarice Elizabeth Tinklepaugh Foland

child:

Jane Foland Williams (Mistress James D. Clark)

child:

Virginia Winfield Williams (Mistress John M. Tiley)