Dr. Walter Williams
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Walter E. Williams holds a B.A. degree in economics from California State University and M.A. and Ph.D degrees in economics from UCLA. Williams also holds a Doctor of Humane Letters from Virginia Union University and Grove City College and a Doctor of Laws from Washington and Jefferson College.
Walter E. Williams serves on the faculty of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, as John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics. In addition, he serves as an Adjunct Professor of Economics at Grove City College in Grove City, PA. He has also served on the faculties of Los Angeles City College, California State University Los Angeles, and Temple University in Philadelphia.
Dr. Walter Williams has written over eighty publications in scholarly journals such as Economic Inquiry, American Economic Review, Georgia Law Review, Journal of Labor Economics, and Social Science Quarterly, and popular publications like Newsweek, Freeman, National Review, Reader's Digest, Cato Journal, and Policy Review. He has made scores of radio and television appearances which include "Nightline," "Firing Line," "Face the Nation," Milton Friedman's "Free To Choose," "Crossfire," "MacNeil/Lehrer," "Wall Street Week" and many more. Dr. Williams writes a weekly syndicated column which is carried by approximately 160 newspapers and was a regular commentator for "Nightly Business Report." He is also an occasional substitute host for the "Rush Limbaugh" show.
Dr. Walter Williams has written six books: America: A Minority Viewpoint The State Against Blacks, which was later made into the PBS documentary "Good Intentions " All It Takes Is Guts South Africa's War Against Capitalism which was later revised for South African publication, Do the Right Thing: The People's Economist Speaks and More Liberty Means Less Government.
Dr. Walter Williams serves on several boards of directors, such as Citizens for a Sound Economy, Reason Foundation and Hoover Institution. He serves on advisory boards of: Landmark Legal Foundation, Alexis de Tocqueville Institute, Cato Institute and others.
Walter E. Williams has received numerous fellowships and awards including: Hoover Institution National Fellow, Ford Foundation Fellow, Valley Forge Freedoms Foundation George Washington Medal of Honor, Adam Smith Award, California State University Distinguished Alumnus Award, George Mason University Faculty Member of the Year, and Alpha Kappa Psi Award.
Dr. Williams has participated in numerous debates, conferences and lectures in the U.S. and abroad. He has often given expert testimony before Congressional committees on public policy issues ranging from labor policy to taxation and spending. He belongs to the Mont Pelerin Society and the American Economic Association.
