Hooray Ralph Williams

According to a Michigan Daily Article, published today, one of my favorite professors during my time at Michigan received the first ever lifetime acheivement golden apple award.

Williams, who was unaware of the award, was beaming and teary-eyed following the surprise.

“There are seldom times when I am speechless,” Williams said. “However, this is one of those moments.”

After receiving the award, Williams spoke about the importance of work ethic and told a story of a childhood conversation with his parents.

“You best be useful in life,” Williams said he learned from his parents. “Because you are certainly no ornament. I looked in the mirror and thought, ‘God, they’re right.’ ”

I had him in a Shakespeare class (English 367 I think) that I took with Spencer. Just the other week I was telling Karen how some weekday we should sneak into one of his classes just for fun. I've always wanted to check out his Bible class based on the good things that Allie has said about it. Not that he'd mind, but the thing is I really think that Ralph Williams would remember me: he always spent the first few minutes in class greeting everyone and going around to shake everyone's hand despite the huge class size.

Hey wait a second!

Williams’ last lecture and the presentation of the award will be on April 21st at the Rackham Graduate School at 7 p.m.

Time to clear my schedule!

Original article: http://www.michigandaily.com/node/48087