Harold Marvin Williams served as chairman of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1977 and 1981. Attorney, Business Executive, Educator, Government Administrator, visionary, builder only begin to describe Harold Williams. Williams 's career exemplifies public service and support of arts and education.

• 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)

UCLA

When Williams came to UCLA as the Dean of the Graduate School of Management it had it had renowned faculty but was not considered a top school. A Business school emblem was Joe Bruin asleep at a desk with cob webs growing from his chair to the floor Williams changed this by making GSM the only public Business school ranked in the top ten in the US.

J. Paul Getty Trust

Williams became president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the J. Paul Getty Museum

J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum, a program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, is an art museum. It has two locations, one at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, and one at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California...

 in 1981, and when the use of the name "J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Trust

The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment in April 2009 of $US 4.2 billion. Based in Los Angeles, California, it operates the J. Paul Getty Museum, which has two locations, the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Getty Villa in Pacific...

" was authorized, Williams became the first president and CEO of the Trust. During his 1981-1998 tenure, his major accomplishment was "presid[ing] over the planning and construction of the Getty Center

Getty Center

The Getty Center, in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, is a campus for cultural institutions founded by oilman J. Paul Getty. The $1.3 billion center, which opened on December 16, 1997, is also well known for its architecture, gardens, and views overlooking Los Angeles...

". By the time Williams announced his retirement in 1996, the Trust's endowment had risen from $1.2 billion to almost $4 billion. He was succeeded by Barry Munitz

Barry Munitz

Barry Allen Munitz has been a senior administrator at the University of Illinois and the University of Houston, a business executive at Maxxam, Inc., chancellor of the California State University system, and chief executive officer of the world's wealthiest art institution, the J...

in 1998.