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  George C. Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
George Williams has long been interested in natural selection and the evolution of behavior.
Williams is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and was awarded its Elliot Medal.
Williams was selected Eminent Ecologist for 1989 by the Ecological Society of America.
life.bio.sunysb.edu /ee/people/williamsindex.html   (153 words)

  
 George Williams Vita
George Williams was born in Bristol, Virginia, the son of a Southern Baptist minister.
Williams was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1972, specializing in religion in modern India.
Williams was asked to attempt this by the Renaissance and Reformation faculty of the University of Szeged and the Hungarian Academy of Science.
w3.enternet.hu /sandor64/cffr/georgewilliams/vita.htm   (1376 words)

  
 CarlZimmer.com
But Williams, who spent 25 years at Stony Brook, is generally considered one of the major architects of the study of evolutionary biology, and the meeting's far-ranging talks reflected the scope of his influence.
Williams wrote a series of papers critiquing the notion that adaptations were generally good for a group or a species, rather than an individual.
Williams argued that the schooling behavior could instead be the product of individual fish trying to boost their personal chances of survival--by trying to get in the middle of the school and by watching other fish for signs of approaching predators.
www.carlzimmer.com /articles/2004/articles_2004_Williams.html   (1933 words)

  
 George Williams and Jessie Crawford
George Williams was the son of John Williams and Sarah Nash and was born in 1838 at his parents' squattage south of Queanbeyan NSW.
George appears to have been a canny businessman, purchasing a large number of selections from family members and banks.
This is a brief summary of the chapter relating to George Williams and Jessie Crawford published in Nash: First Fleeters and Founding Families - A Three Generational Biographical History.
www.members.optusnet.com.au /~aashmore/GrgeWms.htm   (360 words)

  
 SIR GEORGE WILLIAMS & THE YMCA
Sir George Williams was the youngest of the eight sons of Amos and Elisabeth Williams, of Ashway Farm, Dulverton, in the county of Somerset.
George Williams represented the massive 19th century shift from the rural to the burgeoning English cities.
Williams’ early YMCA gatherings were quite similar to the 35 North Shore Prayer Care groups, which meet to pray for the physical, mental, and spiritual needs of their neighbours.
www3.telus.net /st_simons/cr9604.htm   (771 words)

  
 Lucas-Family.org - George Williams of Isle of Wight County, Virginia & Descendants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
George Robert Williams, son of Blaney Williams and Mary Jane Draughon was born 1838 in Sampson County, North Carolina.
He married Sarah Jane Williams, daughter of John Carouth Williams, who was the grandson of the famed Captain John "She" Williams of Sampson County who served in the Revolutionary War.
John Blaney Williams (1878-1945) was born in the Newton Grove section of Sampson County and subsequently moved to Clinton where he became an outstanding civic leader and county political leader.
www.lucas-family.org /gw   (459 words)

  
 George Henry Williams Biography | World of Criminal Justice
Williams served as both a state judge and a U.S. Senator but is best remembered for failing to win Senate confirmation as chief justice of the United States.
Williams was born on March 23, 1823 in New Lebanon, New York.
Williams withdrew his candidacy in the face of this opposition and served as attorney general until 1875.
www.bookrags.com /biography/george-henry-williams-cri   (592 words)

  
 George C. Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Williams is a professor emeritus of biology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Williams received a Ph.D. in biology from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1955.
Williams, G. A defense of reductionism in evolutionary biology.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_C._Williams   (371 words)

  
 GEORGE HUNTSTON WILLIAMS: HISTORIAN OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
George W. Pease was active in all civic aspects of the community, from the Congregational Church to the local academy.
In sharp contrast, George's grandmother was of a mystical nature, in James Luther Adams's words, "prone to absorption in an ecstasy of peace, particularly during the celebration of the Lord's Supper." By his own admission, George's temperament, together with his lifelong fascination for atonement and the sacraments were rooted in Huntsburg.
Expressed here as vividly as anywhere in his writings, George passion for the environment and his devotion to the academy lead to a conceptual breakthrough in which each (as with body and mind) is completed by a devout attention to the other.
www.harvardsquarelibrary.org /unitarians/williams.html   (4683 words)

  
 George Williams and the Central YMCA
George Williams and the small group of other young men who set up the Young Men;s Christian Association (YMCA) had a great belief in what they were doing - but they probably have been amazed at the scale and scope of the worldwide movement that emerged.
While George Williams may be honoured as the founder - the growth of the Movement was very much an associational effort.
The Russell Square House was given by the Williams family to be the headquarters of the National Council of YMCAs for England, Ireland and Wales.
www.infed.org /walking/wa-ymca.htm   (698 words)

  
 The Whitlam Institute: People - George Williams
George Williams is the Anthony Mason Professor and Director of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law (www.gtcentre.unsw.edu.au) at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales.
George also practises as a barrister and has appeared in High Court cases raising issues such as freedom of communication, freedom from racial discrimination and the separation of powers.
George is a media commentator on issues including constitutional law and the High Court.
www.whitlam.org /people/williams_george.html   (184 words)

  
 George Washington Williams Fellowship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The George Washington Williams Fellowship was created to encourage journalists with diverse backgrounds to pursue important social issues in the public interest.
The George Washington Williams Fellowship is named after the late 19th century African American journalist who wrote the first history of African Americans from their own point of view.
Williams was also the first reporter to document the upheaval in the Belgian Congo at that time.
www.indypress.org /programs/gwwfellow.html   (263 words)

  
 A A World . Reference Room . Articles . George Washington Williams | PBS
The son of a laborer, Williams enlisted at age 14 in the Union Army and fought in the Civil War.
There had been several previous works written on this subject by fl historians, but Williams' work was the first relatively objective account that strove for historical accuracy rather than functioning as a work of fl apologetics or propaganda.
Williams' research for his next work, A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion (1888), involved the gathering of oral histories from fl Civil War veterans and the culling of newspaper accounts, both techniques which subsequently became basic resources in American historiography.
www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/george_washington_williams.html   (332 words)

  
 BBC - North East Wales Arts - Emlyn Williams
George Emlyn Williams was born in Mostyn, in Flintshire, writes contributor William I. Williams.
Williams acted in the unfinished Robert Graves' based 'I Claudius' (1937), later released as 'The Epic That Never Was', and he was the lead player in 'I Accuse' (1958), a biography of Emile Zola.
She died in 1984 but she always remembered George visiting them in Newmarket (Flintshire)as a young man in the mid 1920's and riding a motorcycle and sidecar which he had just purchased with the payment from something he had written.
bbc.co.uk /wales/northeast/guides/halloffame/arts/emlyn_williams.shtml   (1799 words)

  
 Ohio Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Williams was the first African-American to serve in the Ohio Legislature.
He served during the 64th session of the General Assembly, from 1880 to 1881.
Williams served in the Union Army during the Civil War, enlisting at age fourteen.
ohiobio.org /gwilliams.htm   (39 words)

  
 George Williams Miller
George was always an avid fan of Cornell Hockey, often traveling to Boston, Canton, Potsdam, Hamilton and NYC to support the team.
George was a true steward of the land.
George is survived by his wife of 56 years, Catherine Whelan Miller; a sister, Pauline Miller Rogers; his son, Bruce (Margi) Beem-Miller; his grandchildren: Micah Beem-Miller and his fiancé, Jen Jaskolka; Mandy Beem-Miller, and Jeff Beem-Miller.
www.perkinsfuneralhome.com /obits/gmiller.htm   (505 words)

  
 Tour Profile: Lucinda Williams and George Jones
Rather than bring her four-piece band, however, Williams decided that her leg would be a duo — just her and ace guitarist Doug Pettibone.
While Williams has stripped back her production, Jones is carrying a full semi of gear, both sound and lighting, for this 19-city leg.
George will talk and then turn his head, but people come to hear everything he has to say.
mixonline.com /mag/audio_lucinda_williams_george   (1410 words)

  
 George Arthur Williams. Papers, 1950-1984
The papers of geology professor George Williams were donated to the University of Idaho library in June 1989.
George Arthur Williams was born January 14, 1918 in Wilcox, Arizona.
The papers of George Arthur Williams were in no perceived order when received; they were therefore put in a straight alphabetical sequence by type of material or subject.
www.lib.uidaho.edu /special-collections/Manuscripts/mg356.htm   (451 words)

  
 George Williams Balances an Olympic Dream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
As Williams works to achieve his dream, though, he also is trying to achieve a balance between competing and spending time with his family, which includes his wife, Roberta, and 15-year-old daughter, Noel.
George Williams was director of Tempel Farms Lipizzan program for 13 years.
George had been giving a clinic in Barbados at the time of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
www.equisearch.com /horses_riding_training/english/dressage/dressage1017033/index.html   (752 words)

  
 The News Leader - www.newsleader.com - Staunton, Va.
The bride is the daughter of William and Sue George of Staunton.
The groom is the son of John and Darlene Williams of Buena Vista.
Kristin George of St. Louis, Mo., cousin of the bride, was maid of honor.
www.newsleader.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060618/LIFESTYLE1003/606180314/1051/LIFESTYLE   (226 words)

  
 George H. Williams
Williams was appointed judge of the first judicial district of Iowa (1847-1852) and chief justice of the Territory of Oregon (1853-1857).
A member of the Republican Party, Williams was elected to Congress in 1864 and became a leading figure in the group that became known as the
Williams was highly critical of President Andrew Johnson and voted for his impeachment in 1868.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAwilliamsGH.htm   (198 words)

  
 George Williams YMCA
Binfield, C. (1973) George Williams and the YMCA.
Sir George Williams was born on October 11, 1821...
Winstanley from George Williams College YMCA and Pat Ledwith from PAULO.
virtualology.com /worldleaders/georgewilliams.org   (795 words)

  
 George Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Williams (YMCA) (1821–1905), founder of the YMCA
George Hunston Williams (1914–2000), historian, professor, and an authority on the Radical Reformation
George Howard Williams (1871–1963), a U.S. Senator from Missouri
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Williams   (246 words)

  
 Symposium to honor George Williams
A symposium was held on April 24, 2004 on the Stony Brook campus to celebrate George Williams’ contributions to Ecology and Evolution – the department and the disciplines.
George came to Stony Brook in 1960 even before it existed as such and his accomplishments were instrumental in building the department’s reputation.
George Williams' name that will be used to support students in evolutionary biology.
life.bio.sunysb.edu /ee/williams   (422 words)

  
 George Williams, Meet Rocher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
George took the job, and almost immediately the Smiths began discussing purchasing an international-caliber horse for him to compete.
While George has gone from classical-riding exhibitions to the top of the American Grand Prix ranks in just two years, his success is built on a lifetime of learning.
George and Rocher have become one of the most popular and successful combinations on the U.S. dressage scene.
www.equisearch.com /horses_riding_training/english/dressage/rocher030803/index.html   (1283 words)

  
 American University Library - President George H. Williams Finding Aid
George Williams served in a variety of positions at New York University’s law school including Professor (1948-1968) and Assistant Dean (1958-1962) eventually becoming Vice President for Planning and Development (1962-1968).
Williams increased the number of full-time faculty to allow for smaller class sizes.
Featured are Williams’ dealings with faculty, students, parents, and others during campus protests (1968-1970) including a reading file on reaction to student unrest at campuses across the United States.
www.library.american.edu /about/archives/finding_aids/williams.html   (902 words)

  
 Controversies make it interesting in biology
George Williams is a marine biologist and zoologist.
He probably was a 'sociobiologist' long before anyone had heard of that term.
In general I think that scien­tists are not the kind of people who like to be considered anybody's disciple.
www.froes.dds.nl /WILLIAMS.htm   (2266 words)

  
 Bishop George A. Williams
Bishop George A. Williams, son of the late George L. Williams, and the late Martha Andrews Williams, was born on December 26, 1927 in Irwin County, Georgia.
Bishop Williams continued to preach the Gospel by precept and example and the church grew by leaps and bounds.
In July 2003, an additional 7 X 35 feet was added at the church to provide a three-story elevator with indoor-outdoor ramp access to assist the senior saints and handicap to have greater access to the entire church facilities, along with a new stairwell.
rehobothcogic.com /html/gaw.htm   (641 words)

  
 UNSW LAW : George Williams - Law Sydney Australia
George Williams is the Anthony Mason Professor and Director of the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales.
George is a media commentator on legal issues and writes for all major Australian newspapers.
George was Chair of the Victorian Human Rights Consultation Committee that recommended that Victoria enact a Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities, which occurred in July 2006.
www.law.unsw.edu.au /staff/WilliamsG   (579 words)

  
 Alisa E. George | Riddell Williams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Alisa joined Riddell Williams in 2005 and is a member of the Trusts, Estates and Personal Planning and Tax practice groups.
Alisa also has extensive experience providing strategies for building and preserving the assets of U.S. clients who own property abroad, as well as for foreign clients with connections to the United States, and in implementing multi-jurisdictional estate plans to reduce or eliminate worldwide transfer taxes for these multi-jurisdictional individuals.
George was Of Counsel to the law firm of Dorsey and Whitney LLP.
www.riddellwilliams.com /people/george-alisa-e.html   (451 words)

  
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This immaculate ten-acre property is ideal for families who seek relaxation and quiet privacy close to the historic treasures, activities, and attractions of the area.
www.colonelwilliamsresort.com   (352 words)

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