NFL Player & Former Terp Madieu Williams Endows Center in UM School of Public Health
On November 4, the University of Maryland School of Public Health and Minnesota Vikings free safety and UM alumus Madieu Williams announced the creation of the Madieu Williams Center for Global Health Initiatives. Made possible by a $2 million endowment gift from Williams, the Center will be an outgrowth of a partnership among the Madieu Williams Foundation, the University, Prince George's County, and the Embassy of Sierra Leone.
The endowment will provide annual support for the Center, which will focus on local, state-wide and global health initiatives, with particular attention to public health needs in Prince George's County, where Williams grew up, and in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he was born.
"I've been very blessed to be in this position to do something, to look beyond the playing field and make a difference in my community," said Williams. "And this new Center honors my mother's wish to make a lasting change in Prince George's County and Sierra Leone."
Tags: December 2009
