Harold M. Williams

Williams became president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1981.^[3] When the J. Paul Getty Trust was established in 1983,^[4] Williams also became the first president and CEO of the Trust. During his tenure from 1981 to 1998, his major accomplishment was "presid[ing] over the planning and construction of the Getty Center",^[5] and expanding the center's scope to include art research, education, and preservation. By the time Williams announced his retirement in 1996, the Trust's endowment had risen from $1.2 billion to almost $4 billion.^[5] He was succeeded by Barry Munitz in 1998.^[6]

• 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)

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