George Hopkins Williams II

Who was George Hopkins Williams II?

'George Hopkins Williams Jr. was in insurance executive who created the George H. Williams World War I Aviation Collection at McDermott Library at The University of Texas at Dallas.

He was born in Frost, Texas on April 7, 1915 and had three siblings: Max Williams; Emily Williams Tooker; and Ralph Williams. He spent his youth in Waco, Texas and graduated from Baylor University in 1939. He was a veteran of World War II and attended Harvard University to study radio and electronics, and was reassigned to the 94th Signal Battalion with General Patton's Third Army in relief of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. He was also at Remagen. He married Ginny and had the following children: Holly A. Williams Hays; Kaye Williams Peterson; and Scott Williams.

He worked in the mortgage loan division at Equitable Life insurance in Dallas. He assembled considerable material that became the cornerstone of the University of Texas at Dallas. Williams organized and served as president of the League of World War I Aviation Historians and started the group’s publication, "Over the Front".