Glen Morgan Williams

Glen Morgan Williams (February 17, 1920 – November 4, 2012) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Education and career Born in Jonesville, Virginia, Williams received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Milligan College in 1940, and enrolled in the fall of 1941 at the University of Virginia School of Law. After the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the United States Navy, having never seen the ocean. During his officer training, he was a roommate of Herman Wouk, who told of their experiences in the opening chapter of The Caine Mutiny. Williams was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. After his discharge, he returned to law school and received a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1948. Before his graduation, he was elected Commonwealth's attorney of Lee County, Virginia in 1948, and served in that position until 1952. He was in private practice in Jonesville from 1952 to 1976. He was a member of the Virginia Senate from 1954 to 1956, elected to finish the term of J. Marion Smith, who died in office in 1953. Williams was a part-time United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia from 1963 to 1975. In 1964, Williams ran as the Republican nominee for Congress in Virginia's Ninth District but lost to the incumbent, W. Pat Jennings. Federal judicial service