John Williams Jr. (university president)

John I. Williams, Jr.
EducationAmherst College, BA, Harvard University, JD/MBA
EmployerCeleritas Center for Intercultural Equity
Known forFormer president, Muhlenberg College
Board member ofAmherst College, Kent School
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John I. Williams Jr. is the former and 12th president of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He was the first African American to be named president of a Lutheran college.

Williams currently serves as co-founder and president of the Celeritas Center for Intercultural Equity, a Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to improving educational and career opportunities and equity for Black, Latinx, and other underrepresented minority students.