Hooper Anderson Williams

Background

Williams, Hooper Anderson was born on August 13, 1918 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Hooper Anderson Senior and Ivy Day (Stone) Williams.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1940; Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Illinois Institute Technology, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Stanford University, 1973.

Career

Design engineer, Differential Steel Car Company, Findlay, Ohio., 1940-1941; assistant professor, Illinois Institute Technology, Chicago, 1946-1951; plant superintendent, Squire Dingee Company, Chicago, 1951-1953; chief plant engineer, Magnaflux Corporation, Chicago, 1953-1957; consultant, Cresap McCormack & Paget, Chicago, 1957-1961; general manager, Chicago Miniature Lamp, 1961-1965; professor engineering, director industrial management program school engineering, San Jose (California) State University, 1965-1987; professor emeritus, San Jose (California) State University, since 1987. Consultant Williams Associations, San Jose, since 1965.

Membership

Colonel United States Marine Corps, 1941-1946, PTO, Reserve 1937-1978. Member Sons of the American Revolution, Commonwealth Club California.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, singing, playing organ, walking, computer science.

Connections

Married Mary Ellen Johnston, July 13, 1942 (divorced 1951). Children: Penelope Nancy, Melissa Caitilin. Married Patricia Mary Densham, December 30, 1975.

Father:

Hooper Anderson Senior Williams

Mother:

Ivy Day (Stone) Williams

Spouse:

Patricia Mary Densham

Spouse:

Mary Ellen Johnston

child:

Melissa Caitilin Williams

child:

Penelope Nancy Williams