Collection: Phillip Williams collection | Oakland University Archives and Special Collections

Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings and newsletters, and one photograph documenting the fundraising and alumni engagement activities of Phillip Williams from the mid-1960s through the 1980s.

Dates

1962 - 1986

Access and Use note

The Phillip Williams collection is open for research.

Copyright

Biographical note

Phillip Williams, class of '64, was involved with the alumni association from 1965 and chaired the Oakland University Alumni Council (the forerunner of the association) in the 1960s. Mr. Williams received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 1976. He and his wife Barbara remained involved with Oakland University, donating money and helping with fundraising, especially for Kresge Library. In the early 1980s, Phil and fellow alum, John Mills, led the fundraising effort to raise more than $1 million to build the alumni wing of Kresge Library, a project that would double the size of the building. The Williams have also set up an endowment to support the Oakland University Archives' mission.

Extent

1 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Newspaper clippings and one photograph documenting the fundraising and alumni engagement activities of Phillip Williams, OU alumn, from the mid-1960s through the 1980s.