Ruth Elizabeth Williams

Background

Williams, Ruth Elizabeth was born on July 31, 1938 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Lloyd Haynes and Erma Ruth (Goodrich) Williams.

Education

Bachelor, Mary Washington College, 1960; certified d'etudes, Converse College, 1961; certified d'etudes, Lycée Balzac, Tours, France, 1962.

Career

French teacher, York High School, York County Public Schools, Yorktown, Virginia, 1960-1965; French resource teacher, Newport News Public Schools, 1966-1974; teacher French and photography, Newport News Public Schools, 1974-1981; teacher French, Spanish, German and Latin, Newport News Public Schools, 1981-1991; retired, Newport News Public Schools, 1991. President Cresset Publs., Williamsburg, Virginia, since 1977. Lecturer School Education, College Williamand Mary, Williamsburg, 1962-1965.

French teacher, coordinator foreign languages York County Public Schools, 1962-1965. Workshop leader department public instruction State of Delaware, Dover, 1965. Consultant Health de Rochemont Company, Boston, 1962-1971.

Chairman faculty senate Dozier Intermediate School, Newport News, 1977-1979.

Achievements

• Ruth Elizabeth Williams has been listed as a noteworthy secondary school educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Driver Meals on Wheels, Williamsburg, 1989-1990. Contributor Virginia Special Olympics, Richmond, since 1987. Charter member Capitol Society Colonial WilliamsburgFound., Inc., 1994.

Member Colonial Williamsburg Assembly, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Inc., Chesapeake Bay Foundation, since 1996, W.A.R. GoodwinSoc., since 1996, Association Preservation Virginia Antiquities, since 1998, WilliamsburgHist. Records Society, since 1998, Mortar Board National Foundation, since 1998. Member AltarGuild, Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, since 1960.

Member AAAU, Foreign Language Association Virginia, AARP (retired teachers division), Heritage Society, Mary Washington College Alumni Association, Virginia History Society, American Association Teachers French, Mortar Board, Women in the Arts, Mary Washington College Alumni Association (class agent since 1995), Alpha Phi Sigma, Phi Sigma Iota.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, coin and stamp collecting, walking, sailing, archaeology and Virginia History.

Connections

Father:

Lloyd Haynes Williams

Mother:

Erma Ruth (Goodrich) Williams