Richard Wade
Williams Jr.

(1932– )

Williams was born in Durham and went to Durham High School. He then attended UVA graduating in 1955 with a BS in Architecture. He was in the Army from 1956-1958. He did graduate work at Duke in 1958 then got married, then worked for Marion Hamm where he had interned previously. Rising to partner, Williams designed East End Elementary, Henderson Towers, and the original Hollow Rock Racket and Swim Club, among other projects. After Hamm died, the firm eventually merged into Hackney and Knott, which was literally across the street. Williams eventually became a partner and left in the 1980s to practice solo as R. Wade Williams Jr. AIA. He retired in the late 1990s.