Background
Williams, Langbourne Meade was born on February 5, 1903 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Langbourne Meade and Susanne Catherine (Nolting) Williams.
Williams, Langbourne Meade was born on February 5, 1903 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Langbourne Meade and Susanne Catherine (Nolting) Williams.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Virginia, 1924; Master of Business Administration, Graduate School Business Administration Harvard, 1926.
With, Lee, Higginson & Company. New York City, 1926-1927;
associate, John L. Williams & Sons, Richmond, 1927-1930;
vice president, treasurer, Freeport Minerals Company, 1930-1933;
president, Freeport Minerals Company, 1933-1958;
chairman, Freeport Minerals Company, 1957-1969;
chairman of the executive committee, Freeport Minerals Company, 1969-1973;
honorary chairman, Freeport Minerals Company, 1973-1975. Director Texaco, Inc., 1958-1974, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, 1938-1960, Southern Railway, 1957-1965.
Trustee Bank of New York, 1941-1957.
First director industry division ECA (Marshall Plan), Paris, France, 1948. Councillor, former chairman The Conference Board. Member visiting committee Harvard Business School, 1933-1964.
Honorary member Business Council. Honorary member board governors Society New York Hospital. Honorary trustee George C. Marshall Research Foundation, American Church Institute for Negroes, 1936-1957, Virginia Institute of Science Research, 1959-1969.
Member board visitors University Virginia, 1963-1968, Tulane University, 1954-1961. Member Harvard Alumni Association (past director), Virginia History Society (honorary vice president), Society Fellows University Virginia (honorary life president), Society of Cincinnati, Association Preservation Virginia Antiquities, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Delta Psi. Clubs: Century (New York City), Union (New York City).
Metropolitan (Washington). Commonwealth (Richmond), Country of Virginia (Richmond). Farmington Country (Charlottesville, Virginia).
Married Elizabeth Goodrich Stillman, 1930 (deceased 1956). Married Frances Pinckney Breckinridge, 1959 (deceased 1984).