Montpelier, VT Dr. M. Henry Williams Jr. July 15, 1924 - Sept. 16, 2007 WILLIAMS, M. Henry Jr., M.D., 83, a longtime resident of Scarsdale, N.Y. and most recently of Montpelier, Vt., died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, with his family by his side at Woodridge Nursing Home in Berlin, Vt. Dr. Williams was for many years professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, N.Y., and director of the Chest Service at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center. He was born July 15, 1924 in New Haven, Ct., the son of Marshall H. and Henrietta English Williams. He attended The Pomfret School in Pomfret, Ct., and Yale University, where he earned a B.S., class of 1945W, and an M.D. in 1947. He interned and had a residency at Columbia University, and additional advanced training at Yale. During the Korean conflict he served as First Lieutenant and Captain in the U.S. Army at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he was chief of the Respiratory Section. In 1955 he founded the Cardio-respiratory Laboratory at Grasslands Hospital (now the Westchester Medical Center) in Valhalla, N.Y. In 1958 Dr. Williams was invited to join the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at the new Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and he became director of the division in 1981. He served in a distinguished career at AECOM until his retirement in 1994, receiving emeritus status in 1998. Dr. Williams was longtime managing editor of the journal LUNG, and served on the editorial boards of Pulmonary Perspectives, Excerpta Medica and Respiratory Times. His publications include 155 articles and 22 books, including "Clinical Applications of Cardio-Pulmonary Physiology." He served in a dozen professional societies, and was president of the Westchester Heart Association from 1968-70, president of the Trudeau Society from 1961-62, and president of the Society of Urban Physicians from 1969-70. From 1968-86 he was co-chairman of the New York City Lung Club, and from 1972-76 was chairman of the Advisory Committee to the Yale University Lung Research Center. In 1948 Dr. Williams married the former Mary Butler of Fieldston, N.Y. They lived for 50 years in Scarsdale, where they raised five children. Dr. Williams was a very active member of the Scarsdale Golf Club, and enjoyed chess and poker. In 2005, Dr. and Mrs. Williams moved to Montpelier, Vt. Dr. Williams is survived by his wife, Mary Williams of Montpelier; and his five children and their families, Stuart and wife Sarah Williams of Montpelier and their sons Peter, Curtis and Spencer; Patricia and husband Joseph Garofalo of Colchester, Vt. and her sons William and Ben; Marshall Williams of Westerly, R.I.; Frances Williams of Bonnieville, Ky. and her children Morgen and Dorothy; and Richard Williams of Barre, Vt. He is also survived by a sister, Anne W. Graves of Tuckahoe, N.Y.; and nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a sister, Margaret W. Casanova. A memorial service and reception will be held Saturday, Oct. 6 at 1 PM at Hitchcock Presbyterian Church, 6 Greenacres Ave., Scarsdale, N.Y. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Dr. Williams' name to Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in care of Jerome A. Kleinman, Senior Director of Development, AECOM, 1165 Morris Park Avenue, Rousso 325E, Bronx, N.Y. 10461.