Adjunct Professor, Former Wall Street and International Investment Banker
Professional Experience
Dr. Henry P. (Phil) Williams III is originally from Michigan. He received degrees and diplomas from Culver Military Academy, the University of Virginia, the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, the University of Florence, Italy, and two Masters and a Doctorate in International Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, a joint Tufts and Harvard Program.
He has lived in four foreign countries and has studied and worked professionally in four foreign languages: French, Greek, Italian, and Turkish.
Formerly a Wall Street and International Investment Banker, he currently operates a small consulting business and lectures on a variety of topics, including American History, Turkey, and the Middle East. He has been featured on National Public Radio related to several of his interests, has written news commentary pieces on Turkey and the Middle East, and has published scholarly articles on Ottoman and Turkish Law. He has recently spent two semesters (2016-17) in Istanbul teaching a course at Koç University titled “Turkey and America, East and West – Where the Twain Meet.”
Dr. Williams is a past National Board member of the English-Speaking Union, a Past Virginia State President of the Sons of the American Revolution, and has served on the board of the American Friends of Turkey for over twenty-three years.
Marilyn Williams is his wife, and they have two grown children, Margaret and Phillips.
Contact: info@iwp.edu
Publications
- Turkey plays cynical game with NATO
- Turkey trades on unique role
- Mounting risks in the eastern Mediterranean — a de-confliction nightmare for America and NATO