Joseph R. Williams
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Joseph Rickelson Williams (November 14 1808 – June 15 1861) was an American politician and the first president of the Agricultural College of the U. S. state of Michigan, now Michigan State University.
Williams was born in Taunton, Massachusetts and graduated at Harvard University Phi Beta Kappa. He studied law with John Davis in Worcester, was admitted to the the bar and practiced in New Bedford. In 1839, he moved to Constantine, Michigan where he resided for the rest of his life. On May 28, 1844, he married Sarah Rowland Langdon in Buffalo, New York.
Williams was a self-made gentleman farmer, and a prominent lawyer and politician. He was a charismatic and passionate promoter of higher education for the farming and working classes. In accord with Williams' philosophy, the College offered a unique blending of practical and theoretical academics. Williams' curriculum balanced liberal arts, science and practical vocational studies. However, Williams excluded Latin and Greek studies...
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