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Education

BS, St. Lawrence University 

BS in civil engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 

MS, Stanford University 

Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

Harvard School of Management and Governmental Affairs 

Naval War College (Newport, RI)

Memberships and Citations
Major Practice Areas
Professional Certification

Registered Professional Engineer, Minnesota

Contact

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Arthur E. Williams, PE

Senior Advisor
A former Commanding General and Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Art has extensive experience with federal construction, environmental, and contracting issues.

For more than 30 years, Art served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, holding several leadership positions that have given him a deep understanding of Corps of Engineers’ operations. Art’s experience includes service as Director of Civil Works in the Corps Headquarters and Division Engineer for the Lower Mississippi River Division. He was also a Division Engineer for the Corps’ Pacific Ocean Division.


Art’s career culminated with his appointment as Commanding General and the 48th Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He also served as President of the Mississippi River Commission

Other Experience
  • Past President, Mississippi River Commission 

  • Former member of the Board of Directors for the Dames and Moore Group  Former National President, The Society of American Military Engineers 

  • In 1996, he retired to Fort Myers., Florida to become a watercolor artist. Samples of his art work can be seen on www.lexingtonartistsco-op.com and www.heronsglenartistgroup.org.

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