Last week, dedication ceremonies for the 12-foot-tall bronze statue were cancelled because Williams was too ill to attend. Those ceremonies will be rescheduled.<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Williams was a dear friend of the university and, in particular, to women\u2019s athletics,\u201d Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak said. \u201cWe appreciate his generosity and celebrate his enthusiastic spirit. He will be missed but remembered each time we see the sculpture he made possible. He was a very special human being.\u201d<\/p>\n
To see previous Communique stories on the sculpture and Williams, please visit http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=3541<\/a> and http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=3143<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Installed](\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/DSC_4452-300x199.jpg\" "\\"DSC_4452\\"")
<\/a>Williams commissioned Denny Haskew, Loveland, of the National Sculptors\u2019 Guild, to create \u201cDedicated to Excellence\u201d to highlight the role of women\u2019s athletics in the collegiate experience. Williams was a retired Eastern Illinois University administrator who began attending UCCS softball games in 1993. He and his late wife, Joan, established the Glenn D.and Joan R. Williams Endowment for Women\u2019s Athletics. The fund supports women student-athletics in softball, cross country, track and field, soccer, basketball, and volleyball as well as the softball coach position.<\/p>\n