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1hePortland Observer Black History Month ______________
February 27.2013
Legislature Honors Harold Williams
Appreciation day will be held at state Capitol
both the House and Senate floors.
A group o f nearly 30 colleagues and
Portland Community College and
“Harold was larger than life in served as PCC board member. family, including PCC board mem
the State Legislature will celebrate terms of service and dedication to “Harold was an inspiration; some bers, campus presidents, commu
the life and work of longtime PCC Portland and Portland Community one we could all learn from, and he nity leaders from Portland, PCC dis
board m em ber and com m unity College,” said House Speaker Tina is greatly missed.”
trict student council leaders, and
leader Harold Williams Sr. on Mon Kotek, who represents north and
A “Harold Williams Apprecia key faculty and staff from the col
day, March 4.
northeast Portland where Williams tion Day” resolution will be read in lege, is expected to attend.
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“This bill is a tangible expression
of how much we admired and appre
ciated Harold’s dedication and vi
sion, for the benefit of PCC and the
Portland community at large,” said
Preston Pulliams, president of Port
land Community College. “Harold
was known as a tireless community
leader through his work with the
college, for his promotion o f alter
native programs that targeted at-
risk students, for his volunteer out
reach and for his commitment and
involvement in local and regional
politics.
"I am proud to be here today to
honor a man I considered an advo
cate, a mentor, and most importantly,
a friend," he added.
Williams died on July 1 at the age
of 69 from complications related to
a stroke. The college celebrated
W illiams’ more than 50 years of ser
vice to the community with a memo
rial celebration the following week
at the PCC Cascade Campus in north
Portland.
Williams was first appointed to
the college’s board of directors in
1990 to represent Zone 2, which
encompasses north and northeast
Portland and portions of Columbia
County. He was elected in 1991 and
re-elected in 1995,1999,2003,2007
and 2011.
D uring L egislative sessions,
Williams routinely testified on bills
of significance to community col
leges. His biggest contribution to
the college was his work in bringing
community college services to all
parts of the college district, espe
cially poorer, underserved parts of
the community. And he was instru
mental in pushing for a college policy
that would ensure that PCC con
struction contracts would meet mi
nority-contracting goals.
Williams was the president of the
contracting firm CH2A Associates
and a member of the Black Leader
ship Conference as well as the Ur
ban League. A past chair of the
Coalition of Black Men, he served
on the board of the Oregon Commu
nity College Association. He served
as Affirmative Action Director and
Equal Opportunity Coordinator to
former Oregon Gov. Bob Straub.
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