Joel Rudolph Williamson, American Humanities educator. Fellow Guggenheim Foundation, 1970-1971, National Endowment for Humanities, 1987-1988, Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1977-1978, summer 1979, 80, 81, Southern fellow, 1961-1962, Charles Warren Center, 1981-1982. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1951-1955. Member Society American Historians.