{"id":1873,"date":"2022-08-11T18:07:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T18:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/administration\/?page_id=1873"},"modified":"2025-04-15T19:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T19:15:33","slug":"darrell-williams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/administration\/darrell-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Darrell Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1873\" class=\"elementor elementor-1873\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9fa325 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9fa325\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-85ae8f1\" data-id=\"85ae8f1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b0b16e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4b0b16e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22d52e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22d52e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d10cde\" data-id=\"9d10cde\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-871f8a2 elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"871f8a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/administration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/Trustee-Williams.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3977\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/administration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/Trustee-Williams.png 452w, https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/administration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/04\/Trustee-Williams-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Darrell K. Williams<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><b>Trustee<br>Class of 1983<\/b><br>(Ex officio member of the Academic Affairs,\nDevelopment, Executive, Finance, Investment,\nNominations, and Student-Alumni Affairs Committees)\n<br><b>President<br>\nHampton University<\/b>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d13481a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d13481a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e347555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e347555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Darrell K. Williams<\/strong>, a retired U.S. Army three-star General, took office as the 13<sup>th<\/sup> President of Hampton University on Friday, July 1, 2022, 39 years after graduating from this Historically Black University with a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p><p>President Williams comes to Hampton from Fortune 250 technology company Leidos, where he served as the global organization\u2019s United Kingdom vice president and managing director of the U.K. Ministry of Defence Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation (LCST) programme, providing global logistical support to U.K. military forces.<\/p><p>After 37 years of service, President Williams retired from the U.S. Army in 2020.\u00a0 His last leadership position was as the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Black and 19<sup>th<\/sup> Director of the Department of Defense\u2019s Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).\u00a0 He oversaw a global workforce of over 26,000 civilian and military professionals.<\/p><p>From 2015 to 2017, President Williams led the Army Combined Arms Support Command and the Fort Lee, Virginia, military installation.\u00a0 In that role, he was responsible for Army Logistics University and the Professional Military Education and the training of thousands of Army logistics junior officer, warrant officer and non-commissioned officer students.\u00a0 Additionally, he led the installation\u2019s strategic engagement with the Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell, and Colonial Heights communities, and he assured the welfare and safety of the over 25,000 students, staff and faculty, families, and support organizations.<\/p><p>Early in his career he served as a leadership and logistics instructor at Fort Lee and was named as an Army instructor of the year, one of his many awards.<\/p><p>President Williams is a business leader and educator with non-profit development experience, whose focus for Hampton is creating an unparalleled higher education experience for students that includes excellent academics, support for strong physical, emotional, and mental health, and access to cutting-edge technology, research opportunities and innovative studies.<\/p><p>With the continuing support of its exceptional faculty, staff, and alumni, President Williams sees a bold, bright future for Hampton University.\u00a0 He loves Hampton and the opportunities it provided for him here.\u00a0 He stands firm on the University\u2019s values and standard of excellence will not change.\u00a0 As the new president, his priority will be providing Hampton\u2019s students with a robust experience that is second to none and prepares them for life after graduation.<\/p><p>President Williams and his wife, First Lady Myra Richardson Williams met while attending Hampton, married in 1987 and are the first president and first lady to both hold Hampton University degrees.<\/p><p>While a student, President Williams was Mister Freshman 1979, a three-year Reserve Officer Training (ROTC) scholarship cadet, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., and senior class president.\u00a0 First Lady Myra Williams was a four-year member of the Hampton concert choir and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.<\/p><p>President Williams, a native of West Palm Beach, Florida, holds three graduate school degrees:\u00a0 a Master\u2019s Degree in Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University; a Master\u2019s Degree in Military Art and Science from the Army Combined and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and a Master\u2019s Degree in National Security Strategy (distinguished graduate) from the National War College, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darrell K. 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