OAK HILL— A graduate from 35 years ago will address the 2012 Class of Oak Hill High School, Saturday at 7 p.m.
Tim Williams, a 1977 Oak Hill graduate, is a registered pharmacist and successful independent pharmacy owner and businessman.
He was born in 1958 in Huntington, W.Va. along with his twin brother, John. The family then moved to Oak Hill where his father began a 37-year career in the school system and added another brother, Todd, to the family.
Active in school and sports, Tim earned 10 varsity letters while an Oak. He was named Ohio’s football offensive player of year after leading the state in rushing with over 2,000 yards.
Accepting a scholarship to play football at Marshall University, his position coach was Reggie Oliver, the quarterback who lead the Thundering Herd to its first victory after 1970 plane crash and made famous in the movie “We Are Marshall”. Leaving Marshall, Williams attended the Ohio State University and graduated cum laude from Ohio Northern University with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy.
In 1988, he bought his first pharmacy in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. By 1990 the store was named Independent Pharmacy of the year by Drug Topics Magazine. Since that time he has purchased two other pharmacies. At his current location, Williams has participated in the federal Weed and Seed programs for safer inner cities and various hospice programs
Professionally, Williams has served on the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee for Windsor Hospital, a dual-diagnosis drug-rehab for adults and adolescents. He is a past board member of the Northern Ohio Academy of Pharmacy and member of the National Association of Retail Druggist. Currently, Williams is a member of the Ohio State Pharmacy Association. Locally he has been active in the Jaycees and the chamber of commerce.
Williams now makes his home in Chardon, along with Mary his wife of 28 years. They have four children, a son Johnathan Todd and three daughters, Jane, Sarah, and Maggie.
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