Duvall Williams
Nickname(s)"Mac"
Born (1943-02-06) February 6, 1943
Fayetteville, North Carolina
AllegianceUnited States
Service/branchUnited States Navy
RankRear Admiral
Commands heldNaval Investigative Service
AwardsLegion of Merit (2)
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (3)

Duvall McClellan "Mac" Williams, Jr. (born 6 February 1943)[1] is a retired rear admiral of the United States Navy who was a commander of the United States Naval Investigative Service.[2] His tenure included the time of the Tailhook scandal; he and Rear Admiral John E. Gordon were tasked with conducting the investigation.[3] After their report was subject to harsh criticism by the Pentagon in 1992, Williams and Gordon resigned.[1][4]

Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina[1] and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina, Williams earned a B.S. degree in chemistry from Wake Forest University in 1965[5] and a J.D. degree from the Wake Forest University School of Law in 1968.[6] After law school, he was commissioned as a reserve officer in the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps. Called to active duty in 1969,[1] he later earned an LL.M. degree from the University of London.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Schmitt, Eric (25 September 1992). "Senior Navy Officers Suppressed Sex Investigation, Pentagon Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  2. "Opinion | the Navy at Its Brassiest". The New York Times. October 1992.
  3. "Pentagon Blasts Navy's Tailhook Investigation". Los Angeles Times. 25 September 1992.
  4. "Pentagon Blasts Tailhook Probe, Two Admirals Resign - the Tech".
  5. Howler '65. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Wake Forest College. 1965. p. 226.
  6. 1 2 "RADM Duvall M. "Mac" Williams Jr., USN" (PDF). NCISA History Project. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2021-03-17.


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