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Rt. Hon. Professor Shirley Williams
Rt. Hon. Professor Shirley Williams is a Member of the House of Lords, where she was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2001 to 2004, and is heavily involved in the current debate over how to reform the upper house. She began her career as a journalist for The Daily Mirror and The Financial Times and in 1960 became Secretary of the Fabien Society. Earlier in her career, she was a Member of the House of Commons and served as a Labour cabinet minister of Education and Science.
Outside her career in government, Baroness Williams served as Public Service Professor of Elective Politics from 1988-2000 at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She lectured at numerous universities including Princeton University, University of California at Berkeley and Cambridge University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations International and serves on several other boards, including the Moscow School of Political Studies and the International Crisis Group.
Baroness Williams holds 11 honorary doctorates from British, Belgian and U.S. universities. She received a BA in philosophy, politics and economics from Somerville College, where she also received an MA, and attended Columbia University on a Fulbright Scholarship.
