Background
Williams, Francis Leon was born on September 19, 1918 in McGill, Nevada, United States. Son of Leon Alfred and Mazie Arabella (Blanchard) Williams.
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Francis Leon Williams
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Education
Student, California Institute Technology, 1940-1941; student, University of California at Los Angeles, 1946-1947; student, American television laboratories, 1948; BME, Sydney U., Australia, 1952; postgraduate, San Jose State College, 1958-1960; postgraduate, Foothill College, 1961; postgraduate, Regional Vocational Center, San Jose, California, 1962; postgraduate, Alexander Hamilton Institute, 1971-1972; postgraduate, Lane Community College, 1978-1985.
Career
Project engineer, production supervisor, Crompton, Parkinson, Australia Proprietary, Ltd., Sydney, 1949-1950; field and sales engineer, Perkins Australia Proprietary, Ltd., Sydney, 1951-1954; chief mechanic engineer, Vicon Corporation, San Carlos, California, 1955-1960; design engineer, group leader, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Sunnyvale, California, 1960-1970; principal, Astro-Tech Cons. Company, Los Altos, California, 1971-1972; mechanic designer, Morvue and Morden Machines, Portland, Oregon, 1973-1974; senior mechanic design engineer, Chip-N-Saw division Can-Car of Canada, Eugene, Oregon, 1974-1975; sales manager, Industrial Construction Company, Eugene, 1975-1976; general manager, Industrial Construction Company, Eugene, 1977-1978; operations manager, Steel Structures, Eugene, 1976-1977; mechanic design and project engineer, Carothers Company, Eugene, 1978-1980; chief engineer, Bio Solar and Woodex Corps., Eugene and Brownsville, Oregon, 1980-1983; consultant and design engineer, American Fabricators, Woodburn, Oregon, 1983-1984; design engineer, draftsman, Peterson Pacific Corporation, Pleasant Hill, Oregon, 1984-1985; design engineer, draftsman, Jensen Drilling Company, Glenwood, Oregon, 1985; design engineer, Judco & Ball Flight Dryers, Inc., Harbor City, California, 1985-1986; senior vice president, The Richelsen Company also consultant, The Richelsen Company chief engineer, Peterson Pacific Corporation, Eugene, 1984-1993; manager new product development Research and Development, Peterson Pacific Corporation, Eugene, since 1993; owner, designer, Williams Machine Design, Eugene, since 1995. Also consultant; advisor solid waste recovery County Board Commissioner' General’ s Office, Eugene, 1984-1985.
Membership
Chairman building and grounds Westminster Presbyterian Church, Eugene, 1984-1986. Served with United States Air Force, 1941-1945. Member of Elks.
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Married Ailsa Bailey, October 1944 (divorced). Children: Rhonda, Grapham, Alison. Married Marita I. Furry, February 23, 1974.
