A.W. Williams

CTL-E-2344 · Person · businessperson · 1930s–1970s

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Insurance executive and founder of Illinois Service Federal Savings & Loan (1934); served the thrift for 35 years as president and board chairman. His son Norman Williams recalled: 'He was not the kind of person who believed that one pulled oneself up by one's own bootstraps... He believed that we're all connected.'

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Also known as: A. W. Williams

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Illinois Service Federal Savings & Loan Association — founded by → this record

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ProPublica (via Norvan Reports mirror), 'What's Gone Wrong at Chicago's Last Ghanaian Owned Bank' — ISF history section

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