Norman Williams

CTL-E-2345 · Person · businessperson · 1970s–2020s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Chicago banker; son of ISF founder A.W. Williams. Joined the Illinois Service Federal board in 1976, stayed 40 years — 19 as board chairman and 13 as CEO — and now serves as president of Unity Funeral Parlors, another South Side family institution.

The record

Also known as: Norman Williams (banker)

Relationships

Illinois Service Federal Savings & Loan Association — affiliated with
Norman Williams joined the ISF board in 1976 and stayed 40 years — 19 as chairman, 13 as CEO.

Sources

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

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