Bill Williams

Director of Education
jwwil2 (at) wm.edu
Phone (757) 221-7741
Fax (757) 221-1650

Education
B.A. in Biology from Emory and Henry College (1969)
M.A. in Biology from the College of William and Mary (1973)

Profressional Experience
Bill is retired from the Williamsburg-James City County Schools where he served for 31 years as a teacher and the K-12 Science and Mathematics Curriculum Coordinator. He is a consultant in the field of K-12 science education and has served on several science education boards including the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Living Museum and the Board of Directors of the Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition. His teaching experience included science instruction at the middle and high school levels in biology and physical science. He has been an Adjunct Faculty member of the School of Education at the College of William and Mary.

Bill is a founder of the Williamsburg Bird Club and the founder of the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory. He is a past president of the Virginia Society of Ornithology and has been the Director of the Virginia Barrier Islands Colonial Waterbirds Survey for the Virginia Coast Reserve of The Nature Conservancy since 1975. He has been the Director of the Kiptopeke Hawk Watch since 1977. Bill is a founding member and former President of the Williamsburg Land Conservancy, and currently is on that organization's Board of Directors.

Awards/Recognition

The Nature Conservancy President's Stewardship Award - December 8, 1995
Hawk Migration Association of North America-Outstanding Service - April 14, 1993
Certificate of Appreciation-Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries - 1992
Certificate of Appreciation - Virginia Society of Ornithology-for serving as Regional Coordinator of the Virginia Breeding Bird Atlas Project - April 25, 1992
James Eike Service Award-Virginia Society of Ornithology - 1986
Virginia Department of Education Commendation for Teaching - 1985
Presidential Award of Excellence in Science Teaching-State Awardee - 1985 and 1986

Grants

Gateways for Migrations-2003-Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, National Park Service, Chesapeake Bay Program-$88,000

Monitoring Avian and Butterfly Migration at Kiptopeke State Park-2000-Virginia Coastal Resources Management Program NOAA Grant #NA87OZ0253-01-FY 1998-$11,000

Monitoring Avian Migration at Kiptopeke State Park-1999-Virginia Coastal Resources Management Program NOAA Grant #NA87OZ0253-01-$14,000

KESTREL Resource Library Support-Northern Neck of Virginia Chapter of the National Audubon Society-June 1999-$1,690

Monitoring Avian Migration at Kiptopeke State Park-1998-Virginia Coastal Resources Management Program NOAA Grant # NA67OZ0360-01-$14,400

Monitoring Avian Migration at Kiptopeke State Park-1997-Virginia Coastal Resources Management Program NOAA Grant # NA67OZ0360-01-$11,965

Monitoring Avian Migration at Kiptopeke State Park-1996-Virginia Coastal Resources Management Program NOAA Grant # NA57OZ0561-01-$8,286

Monitoring Avian Migration At Kiptopeke State Park-1995-Virginia Coastal Resources Management Program NOAA Grant # NA47OZ0287-01-$7,561

Hawk Migration Studies at Kiptopeke, Virginia-from the Williamsburg Bird Club-1990-$180

Hawk Migration Studies at Kiptopeke, Virginia- from the Hawk Migration Association of North America-1987.

Biology Fellowship-from the Lettie Pate Evans Fund- College of William and Mary-$100-July 1970