Harold M. Williams

Harold Marvin Williams (born January 5, 1928) served as chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1977 and 1981. Williams was engaged in extensive public service and support of arts and education.

When Williams came to UCLA as the Dean of the Graduate School of Management it had renowned faculty but was not considered a top school. A Business school emblem was Joe Bruin asleep at a desk with cob webs growing from his chair to the floor Williams changed this by making GSM the only public Business school ranked in the top ten in the US.

Williams became president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1981, and when the use of the name "J. Paul Getty Trust" was authorized, Williams became the first president and CEO of the Trust. During his 1981-1998 tenure, his major accomplishment was "presid[ing] over the planning and construction of the Getty Center". By the time Williams announced his retirement in 1996, the Trust's endowment had risen from $1.2 billion to almost $4 billion. He was succeeded by Barry Munitz in 1998.

• B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1946
• J.D., Harvard University, 1949
• President, Hunt Foods and Industries (1968–1969) and Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc. (1962–1968)
• Chairman of the Board, Norton Simon (1969–1970)
• Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles (1970–1977)
• Co-Chairman, Public Commission on Los Angeles County Government (1974–1977)
• Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1977–1981)
• Member, Board of Regents, University of California (1982–1994)
• President of the J. Paul Getty Trust (1981–1998).
• In charge of the creation of the Getty Center in Los Angeles
• Member, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities (appointed by President Clinton) (1993–Present)
• Director, The California Endowment (1996–Present); Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan
• Public Policy Institute of California (1994–Present)
• Co-Chair, California Citizens Commission on Higher Education (1996–Present)
• Chair, Committee for Effective School Governance (1998–Present)