Obituary of Douglas Williams

Douglas Williams of Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, and New York City died October 1, 2014 at age 96. During a long business career, Mr. Williams was associated with Goodbody & Co., and Legg Mason Wood Walker. Following his retirement in 1990, Mr. Williams joined the Board of the Maine Sea Coast Mission Society, where he was an honorary member at the time of his death. He also served on the boards of the Madison Sq. Boys & Girls Club and the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities. Previously he was President of the Trustees and Elder of the Madison Ave. Presbyterian Church and President and Trustee of the Community Service Society. He was Vice-Chairman and Trustee of Teachers College-Columbia University, and President of the St. Nicolas Society. He was a member of the Yale Club, Union Club, Century Association, The Downtown Association, and an enthusiastic chorus member of the Blue Hill Troupe. Born in New York City in 1918, he attended the Buckley and Choate-Rosemary Hall Schools, and graduated Yale in 1940. As a U.S. Army 1st Lieutenant, he served in the China-Burma-India theater 1942-1945. Mr. Williams was predeceased by his son, Johnston de Forest Williams in 1969, and by his wife of 65 years, Priscilla de Forest Williams in 2006. His survivors include his daughter, Page Dwyer of Wilmington, DE; his grandson David Dwyer (Suzanne) of Cold Spring Harbor, NY; his granddaughter Claudia Knapick (Gary) of Manlius, NY; and four grandchildren: Emily Page Ockert and Henry, George and Alice Knapick, all of Manlius, NY. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Maine Sea Coast Mission Society, Bar Harbor, ME (www.seacoastmission.org). A memorial service is planned at a future date.