Inducted: 2009

BS in Accounting & Economics, 1962

John A. Williams is a founding executive of Computer Services, Inc. (CSI), one of the nation’s largest providers of dynamic technology solutions for core processing and compliance risk management, with headquarters in Paducah, Ky. He became CSI’s President in 1968 and Chairman of CSI’s Board of Directors in 1979. Mr. Williams earned his B.S. in accounting and economics. He has been involved with multiple community, state, and national organizations, serving as president of the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce, vice president of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, and Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Louisville Branch, among others, and on several state commissions. In 2014, he was inducted into the Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.