Background
Williams, Frederick DeForrest was born on May 13, 1918 in Braintree, Vermont, United States. Son of Frank Arthur and Florence Gertrude (Bigford) Williams.
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Williams, Frederick DeForrest was born on May 13, 1918 in Braintree, Vermont, United States. Son of Frank Arthur and Florence Gertrude (Bigford) Williams.
Bachelor, Middlebury College, 1947. Master of Arts, University Connecticut, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1953.
Instructor history, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1950-1954;
from assistant professor to professor of history, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1954-1989;
Adjunct Professor military science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1969-1989;
department chairman history, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1982-1989;
faculty grievance official, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1980-1982;
retired, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1988. Speaker various radio stations, Michigan, since 1960, Images of America program National.Edn. television, Ann Arbor, 1961, various service clubs, schools, organizations and alumni groups in Midwest, since 1954. Member United States Army Advisory panel on Reserve Officers Training Corps Affairs, Washington, 1969-1975.
Editorial referee various commercial and university.presses, National Endowment for Humanities, since 1960.
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Member Michigan Civil War Centennial Commission, 1960-1966. Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Member American History Association, Organization of America Historians, Confederate Memorial Society (member awards committee 1978-1981, chairman 1980-1981, Jefferson Davis awards committee 1987-1990, chairman 1989-1990), Phi Kappa Phi.
Clubs: Michigan State University President's (East Lansing). University of Michigan State University (Lansing) (vice president 1973-1974, president 1974-1975).
Married Florence McKay Green, April 8, 1944. Children: Sandi Suzanne, Craig Allen, Julianne, Kathy Marie.