Greensboro College pres quits under fire

by E Wayne Ross on July 9, 2009

Greensboro News-Record: Williams retires as president of Greensboro College

Craven Williams, who helped revive an ailing Greensboro College when he became president in 1993 but in recent years watched the Methodist-affiliated school sink into mounting debt, abruptly retired Tuesday.

Less than two weeks after Williams, 69, dismissed suggestions that he step down, the college announced his retirement in a campus news release. It is effective immediately, according to a college spokeswoman.