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Freshman year, you will remember forever Sophomore year allows you to grow Junior year brings everyone together Senior year, now you must let go

— Julia Clark

Percy H. Williams Jr. Writing Award and Jeanne E. Williams Art Award

Ms. Anne Williams ’68 has generously donated a recurring gift to the school that will fund a new annual writing and art award in honor of her parents, Percy H. and Jeanne E. Williams. The award highlights writing and works of art that capture themes of faith and hope.

The Percy H. Williams Jr. Writing Award is established in honor of Ms. Williams’s father who was a great writer, grandfather and great-grandfather, served as a Sergeant Major in World War II, the highest rank attainable for African Americans at the time, and spent his life fighting for Civil Rights and equality in the federal government and in the Catholic Church. This year, the award is given to Ellie Walker for her poem “The Williams Man.”