Background
III, Richard Lucas Williams, was born on October 30, 1940 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Richard Lucas Junior and Ellen Gene (Munster) W.
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Richard Lucas Williams, III
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Education
AB, Princeton University, 1962; Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1965.
Career
Associate Winston & Strawn, Chicago, 1968-1974, partner, 1974-1979. Senior vice president, general counsel Gould Inc., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, 1979-1981, senior vice president, administration, general counsel, 1981-1990, also board director, 1985-1988. Partner Smith Williams and Lodge, Chicago, 1990-1995, Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, 1995—2008.
Of counsel Williams Bax & Saltzman PC, since 2009. Board directors GNB Batteries, Inc., 1984-1986, ULINE Inc., Waukegan, Illinois.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors, since 1990, International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, Rhode Island, 1993-1997. Vice president Chicago District Tennis Association, 1968-1970. Vice chairman American Cancer Society, Chicago, 1984.
Board directors, president Lake Shore Foundation for Animals, Chicago, 1990-1994. With Judge Advocate General Corps United States Naval Reserve, 1965-1968. Member American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Executives Club Chicago (co-chairman Western Europe international committee 1990-1997, 2003-2005), The Lawyers Club (Chicago, since 1997), Meadow Club (Rolling Meadows, governor 1979-1990, chairman 1985-1990), Club International.
Connections
Married Karen Louise Carmody, November 11, 1967.
