Education:
Austin High School, Austin, Texas
University of Texas, Austin. B.S. Chemical Engineering
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, MBA
Hunter College: graduate courses in Art History and History
Graduate Center, CUNY: graduate courses in Art History
Spalding and Fairfield Universities: graduate courses in creative nonfiction writing
Work Experience:
1977-2001: CEO and Chairman, Alliance Capital Management (now AllianceBernstein)
Ten years as Director of Research, Executive Vice President, Mitchell, Hutchins, Inc.
Six years as a securities analyst in investment management
Military Service:
1956-1959: U.S. Navy, Lt. j.g.
Other Activities and Affiliations:
Honorary Keeper of American Prints, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England
Member, Council on Foreign Relations
Previous Affiliations:
Trustee, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Trustee, The Intrepid Museum Foundation
Trustee, The American Federation of Art
Trustee, The Foreign Policy Association
Awards:
2001 Gold Medal Award from the Spanish Institute (with Reba Williams), 2001
Spanish Government, Order of the Civil Merit, for “distinguished services or significant cooperation in matters that result in benefit to the country,” 2001
Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship (with Reba Williams), 2000
Swan Award (with Reba Williams), lifetime achievement for furthering the arts both nationally and internationally, Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, 2000
Distinguished Cultural Leadership Award (with Reba Williams), for outstanding contributions to the arts and culture of the Empire State, 1999
The Augustus Graham Medal (with Reba Williams), presented on behalf of the Brooklyn Museum of Art Board of Trustees, for “Outstanding support of the arts,” 1998
The Polish Order of Merit, Cavalier of the Grand Cross of Poland, First Class, 1998, honoring contributions to the financial industry in Poland
The Grand Decoration of Honor in Silver for Merits to the Republic of Austria, 1996 (for founding The Austria Fund, a mutual fund investing in Austrian securities)
Bayard Rustin High School for the Humanities (with Reba Williams). Appreciation: “In helping to re-establish a very special environment, you have begun a renaissance which we hope continues until the school has regained its original beauty,” 1995
Personal:
Married to Reba White Williams
Member, The Knickerbocker Club, New York, NY
Member, The Century Association, New York, NY