Featuring Dr. Roger L. Williams '73, '75g, '88g, Retired Executive Director of the Penn State Alumni Association
Join us for an exciting virtual coffee and conversation on October 14 with Dr. Roger L. Williams ’73, ’75g, ’88g, retired Executive Director of the Penn State Alumni Association. Alumni Association CEO Paul Clifford ’20g will chat with Roger on a variety of topics, including Roger’s time as Executive Director of the Alumni Association, his work in writing books about Penn State, his favorite aspects of being an alum, and more!
Roger Williams served as Executive Director of the Penn State Alumni Association from 2003-2015, during which time he also served as Associate Vice President of the University and Affiliate Associate Professor of Higher Education.
He is the author of two books on Penn State and Land-Grant College History: “The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education: George W. Atherton and the Land-Grant College Movement” (1991) and “Evan Pugh's Penn State: America's Model Agricultural College” (2018).
A third book, “Frederick Watts and the Founding of Penn State” will be published in spring 2021. All three novels are published by Penn State University Press.
Coffee Hour with Paul Clifford
Coffee Hour with Paul Clifford is a weekly zoom call featuring coffee and conversations featuring noteable Penn State Alumni and Paul Clifford, CEO of the Penn State Alumni Association.
You can Zoom in Wednesdays at 9:00am.