Background
Williams, William J. was born on December 25, 1935 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Eugene Wendell Phillips and Celestine Reynolds.
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The 21st century will bring a time of new problems, experiences and innovations unlike the world has ever seen before. The pace of change is so rapid as to be revolutionary. Changes that used to happen over decades or centuries will happen almost overnight. The world of tomorrow will be fundamentally different than the world of today. This fundamentally different world will require not only new ways of doing things, but a whole new way of thinking. New Thinking For A New Millennium lives up to its title, providing us with a mental bridge to the new millennium, a way to start a journey whose end we cannot see or completely imagine. This book helps us to think about how we think. Dr. Williams breaks down the processes to their most basic and primitive levels of awareness, of sensing, to the most advanced, postulating and participating types. From there he presents the evolution of our mental models from pre-Aristotelian, through Aristotelian logic, the twentieth century, Einsteinian relativity, and ultimately to the frontier we inhabit today. He shows that fundamental discoveries about how the world works have led to changes in how we think and how we approach and understand the world and our surroundings. This book has special appeal to those intrigued by how the human mind works, to those interested in the history of ideas, the evolution of our thought processes, and to anyone seeking a better and more useful way to engage the world.
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Williams, William J. was born on December 25, 1935 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Son of Eugene Wendell Phillips and Celestine Reynolds.
AB, Morehouse College, 1956. Master of Public Administration, New York University, 1958. Doctor in Public Administration, University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1966.
Deputy staff director United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1966-1967. Director western program United States Commission Civil Rights, 1967-1968. From assistant professor to professor University Southern California, 1968-1980, professor, 1980-1900, professor emeritus, since 2001.
Consultant Port Authority New York, 1970, Department of Health, 1972, Library. Congress, Washington, 1976. Moderator educational program Columbia Broadcasting System television, 1971, ABC television, 1972.
Visiting professor Howard University, Washington, 1975-1976. Lecturer Golden Gate University, San Francisco, 1974-1975, Long Beach (California) State University, 1976.
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Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society General Semantics, Institute General Semantics, Society Equal Employment Consultant, Public Personnel Association, American Humanist Society, American Society Public Administration, American Pol. Science Association, American Association University Professors, American Federation Radio and television Artists, Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Phi Omega (Man of Year award).
Married Elea D. Gray, December 20, 1966 (divorced 1971). Children: Morgan, Paige. Married Leonora K. Petty, November 9, 1990.