NIU remembers Eddie Williams, Jr., its first African American vice president
September 01, 2026
September 01, 2026
DEKALB, Illinois, Sept. 1 -- Northern Illinois University issued the following news:
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NIU remembers Eddie Williams, Jr., its first African American vice president
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NIU is mourning the loss of Eddie R. Williams, Jr., a soft-spoken educator and passionate advocate of students who rose from an assistant professor of mathematics to become the university's first African American vice president.
Williams is remembered as a men . . .
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NIU remembers Eddie Williams, Jr., its first African American vice president
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NIU is mourning the loss of Eddie R. Williams, Jr., a soft-spoken educator and passionate advocate of students who rose from an assistant professor of mathematics to become the university's first African American vice president.
Williams is remembered as a men . . .