Williams Club
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The Williams Club is in residence at the Penn Club of New York for alumni of Williams College. Until 2010, it was its own private club.
The Williams Club was founded in 1913 by Williams alumni in New York City as a place to socialize. The club was originally located at 291 Madison Avenue in a building donated by Mary Clark Thompson, wife of Williams alumnus Frederick Ferris Thompson. In 1921, it moved to 24 East 39th Street in Manhattan, which it then renovated in 1988. On June 1, 2010, however, the Williams Club ceased operating on its own and moved its membership program and related activities to the Princeton Club. After the permanent closure of the Princeton Club in fall 2021, the Williams Club moved to the Penn Club.[1] Today, members and their guests can use the Penn Club's facilities.
Membership
Although the club is primarily made up of Williams alumni, membership categories also include Affiliate Membership and Associate Membership. Affiliate Membership is available to graduates, faculty members or senior administrators of 54 institutions, many of which are small liberal arts colleges such as Williams itself. Associate Membership is available to individuals with a BA from an accredited school and the sponsorship of a current member. Alumni of the following institutions are eligible for affiliate membership:
- Amherst College
- Bates College
- Baruch College
- Boston College
- Bowdoin College
- Colby College
- Colgate University
- Connecticut College
- Dickinson College
- Drew University
- Georgetown University
- Goucher College
- Hamilton College
- Marymount Manhattan College
- Middlebury College
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Mount Holyoke College
- Rutgers University
- Skidmore College
- Smith College
- St. John's University
- St. Lawrence University
- Thunderbird School of Global Management
- Trinity College
- Tufts University
- Union College
- University of Chicago
- University of Cincinnati
- University of North Carolina
- University of Maryland
- Vassar College
- Wellesley College
- Wesleyan University
- Wheaton College
See also
- Columbia University Club of New York
- List of American gentlemen's clubs
- Harvard Club of New York
- Cornell Club of New York
- Penn Club of New York City
- Princeton Club of New York
- Yale Club of New York City
References
- ^ Alexander, Benjamin. "Williams Club in New York moves to Penn Club building". The Williams Record. Retrieved 2022-11-06.