Glen Morgan Williams

During his officer training, he was a roommate of Herman Wouk, who told of their experiences in the opening chapter of The Caine Mutiny.In 1964, Williams ran as the Republican nominee for Congress in Virginia's Ninth District but lost to the incumbent, W. Pat Jennings.Williams was nominated by President Gerald Ford on September 8, 1976, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia vacated by Judge Theodore Roosevelt Dalton, after Senator William L. Scott derailed the nomination of the President's first choice.[1] Williams' former law clerks and interns include Cynthia D. Kinser, the first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia; George Allen, who served as Governor of Virginia and a member of the United States Senate; Karen Gould, the first woman to serve as executive director of the Virginia State Bar; Virginia Circuit Court judges Randall Lowe, John Kilgore, Fred Rowlett, and Eric Theissen; United States Magistrate Judge Cynthia Eddy of the Western District of Pennsylvania; United States Bankruptcy Judge Trish Brown of the District of Oregon; and General District Court Judge Lucas Hobbs.[3] He dealt with the civil disobedience of the United Mine Workers of America in connection with the Pittston Coal strike in 1989–1990.
Senior JudgeUnited States District Court for the Western District of VirginiaGerald FordTed DaltonSamuel Grayson WilsonVirginia SenateJ. Marion SmithJonesville, VirginiaJohnson City, TennesseeRepublicanJudith JagdmannMilligan CollegeUniversity of VirginiaUnited StatesUnited States NavyWorld War IIUnited States district judgeJonesvilleVirginiaArtium BaccalaureusUniversity of Virginia School of LawHerman WoukThe Caine MutinyLieutenantJuris DoctorCommonwealth's attorneyLee CountyUnited States magistrate judgeIn 1964Virginia's Ninth DistrictW. Pat JenningsTheodore Roosevelt DaltonWilliam L. ScottUnited States Senatesenior statusCynthia D. KinserSupreme Court of VirginiaGeorge AllenVirginia State BarSurface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977United Mine Workers of AmericaPittston Coal strikeAppalachian School of LawJohnson CityTennesseeBiographical Directory of Federal JudgesFederal Judicial Center