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IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 301-96
May 23, 1996

GENERAL OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT

Secretary of Defense William J. Perry announced today that Lt. Gen. Arthur E. Williams, United States Army, will be placed on the retired list in his current grade. Williams will retire after completion of more than 33 years of service. Since August 1992, he has been serving as the chief of engineers/commanding general, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC.

Williams was born on March 28, 1938, in Watertown, N.Y.

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