Background
Williams, Walter Joseph was born on October 5, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph Louis and Emma Geraldine (Hewitt) Williams.
Williams, Walter Joseph was born on October 5, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph Louis and Emma Geraldine (Hewitt) Williams.
Student, Bowling Green State University, 1935-1936; Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Ohio State University, 1940; Juris Doctor, Bachelor of Laws, University Detroit, 1942.
Title attorney, Abstract & Title Guaranty Company, 1946-1947; corporation attorney, Ford Motor Company, 1947-1951; corporation attorney, Studebaker-Packard Corporation, 1951-1956; assistant secretary, house counsel, American Motors Corporation, American Motors Sales Corporation, American Motors Pan-American Corporation, Evart Products Limited company, 1956-1965; corporation secretary house counsel, American Motors Corporation, American Motors Sales Corporation, American Motors Pan-American Corporation, Evart Products Limited company, 1965-1972; assistant corporation secretary, director, American Motors (Canada) Ltd. director, Evart Products Company, 1959-1972; director, corporate secretary, house counsel, Jeep Corporation director, corporate secretary, house counsel, Jeep Sales Corporation, Jeep International Corporation, 1968-1972; partner, Gilman and Williams, Southfield, Michigan, 1972-1974; attorney, Detroit Edison Company, 1974-1975; assistant secretary, senior staff attorney, Burroughs Corporation (and subsidiaries), 1975-1984; private practice, president, Walter J. Williams Professional Corporation, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, since 1984.
Charter commissioner City of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, 1960-1963. Director Detroit Metropolitan Industrial Development Corporation, 1962-1972, assistant secretary Captain United States Army, 1942-1946. Member American Bar Association, Detroit Bar Association (chairman corporation general counsel committee 1965-1968), Federal Bar Association, State Bar Michigan, Ohio State University Alumni Association (president Detroit 1961-1963), University Detroit Law Alumni, Oakland Hills Country Club, Delta Theta Phi.
Married Maureen June Kay, January 15, 1944. 1 child, John Bryan.