Background
Williams, Walker Richard was born on July 11, 1928 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Walker Richard Senior and Addie Mary (Smith) Williams.
Williams, Walker Richard was born on July 11, 1928 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Walker Richard Senior and Addie Mary (Smith) Williams.
Student, University Dayton, 1946-1948.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1952; advanced through grades to captain, United States Air Force, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio., 1963; employee relations specialist, personnel management specialist, United States Air Force, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio., 1966-1971; Equal Employment Opportunity investigator and grievance examiner, Army and Air National Guard, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio., 1971-1988; retired, United States Army Reserve, 1988; program director, Youth Svc. United States of America-Dayton, 1988-1989; private contractor, Dayton, since 1989.
Member Adjutant General Ohio Minority Recruiting Advisory Committee, since 1988. Board directors Dayton Opportunities Industrialization Center, since 1976, Wright Patterson Domestic Action Programs, Inc., since 1984. President Jefferson Township Board Education, since 1980.
Member National Black Caucus of Black School Board Mems., since 1980, National Black Caucus Local Elected Officials, Governor's Committee to Preserve Statue of Liberty, 1987, Citywide Vocational Ednl. Committee, since 1986, advising committee Dayton Board Education, since 1980, Miami Valley Military Affairs Association, Black Elected Democrats of Ohio. Member Miami Valley Pers.
Association, International Pers. Management Association, Retired Officers Association, Air Force Association, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Urban League, Blacks in Government (Medallion award), Dayton Intergovt. Equal Employment Opportunity Council (chairman, historian since 1967), Miami Valley Military Affairs Association, Wright Patterson Quarter CenturyClub (past president).
Married Eddora L. Saunders, August 6, 1949 (deceased September 1966). 1 child, Yvette R.; married Emma Jean Griffin, September 4, 1971. Children: Timotny E., Walker R. III.