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[[File:Pete Williams at a press conference, January 1991.jpg|thumb|Pete Williams as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs at a press briefing, 1991]]
'''Louis Alan''' "'''Pete'''" '''Williams''' (born February 28, 1952) is a former American journalist and former government official. From 1993
Williams was raised in [[Casper, Wyoming]] where his mother was a realtor and his father was an orthodontist. "Pete" is a nickname he has used since childhood.<ref>John Hanchette. "Pete Williams in an Unlikely War Celebrity." ''(Little Rock) Arkansas Gazette'', January 21, 1991, p. 10.</ref> After he graduated from [[Stanford University]], where he had originally studied engineering but subsequently changed to journalism,<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/video/why-i-chose-stanford-from-nbc-s-pete-williams-691880515926 Pete Williams. "Why I Chose Stanford." NBC News, video, May 24, 2018]</ref> he began his career in local news with the Casper, Wyoming, television station [[KTWO-TV|KTWO]] and [[KTWO (AM)|its eponymous radio station]] in 1974.
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In 1986, Williams became press secretary for [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[Dick Cheney]] and followed Cheney to the [[United States Department of Defense]] as Cheney became [[United States Secretary of Defense]] to be the [[Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs]] in 1989 during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration.
Williams became a correspondent for [[NBC News]] in late March 1993,<ref>"People." ''(Olympia WA) Morning Olympian'', March 19, 1993, p. 8.</ref> after leaving the Defense Department. His main areas of news coverage for NBC include the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] and [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]. He retired from NBC News on July 29, 2022.
==Early life and education==
Pete Williams was born and raised in [[Casper, Wyoming]], where his mother, "Bennie," was a teacher and later a realtor, and his father, Louis, was a dentist. He was one of three children.<ref>"L.J. 'Bennie' Williams." ''Casper (WY) Star-Tribune'', November 25, 2011, p. 5.</ref> Williams graduated from [[Natrona County High School]]—coincidentally, the same high school as his fellow [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush
Williams graduated from [[Stanford University]] in 1974.<ref name="nomination">{{cite web|author=Bush, George H.W.|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=16991|title=Nomination of Louis A. Williams to Be an Assistant Secretary of Defense|publisher=[[The American Presidency Project]]|date=May 2, 1989|access-date=June 6, 2013|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225757/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=16991|url-status=dead}}</ref> While at Stanford, he studied Journalism and History, and spent a year studying in London in a Stanford-sponsored overseas program.<ref>"Williams: From Newsman to Pentagon Spokesman." ''Casper (WY) Star-Tribune'', February 6, 1991, p. 3.</ref>
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Williams has received three national news Emmy awards.<ref>"NBC News Correspondent and Casper Native Pete Williams to Deliver 2017 Annual Banquet Keynote." Wyoming State Bar Association website. [https://www.wyomingbar.org/nbc-news-correspondent-and-casper-native-pete-williams-to-deliver-2017-annual-banquet-keynote/]</ref>
In 2012, the University of Wyoming awarded Williams an honorary Doctor of Letters, in recognition of his many contributions to journalism. He was praised for his "sound judgment, fair mindedness, impeccable ethics, and dedication to service."<ref>"Pete Williams, Doctor of Letters (Litt.D.)" University of Wyoming website, [http://www.uwyo.edu/honorarydegree/past_honorary_degree_recepients/2012%20honorary%20degree%20recipients/pete%20williams.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703084200/http://www.uwyo.edu/honorarydegree/past_honorary_degree_recepients/2012%20honorary%20degree%20recipients/pete%20williams.html |date=July 3, 2022 }}</ref>
Williams was named the recipient of the 2018 John F. Hogan Award, presented annually by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). The Hogan Award, named after the association's first president, is given in recognition of "an individual's contributions to the journalism profession and freedom of the press..." Williams was chosen because "...Over the course of his distinguished career, Pete Williams has served the public first as a government spokesman and then, for the last 25 years, as a reporter covering government,” said Scott Libin, current Chair of RTDNA. "His insight and understanding of power and politics have proven hugely valuable to the viewers of NBC News."<ref>"Pete Williams to Receive 2018 John F. Hogan Award for His Contributions to Journalism and Freedom of the Press." Radio Television Digital News Association website, June 5, 2018. [https://rtdna.org/article/pete_williams_to_receive_2018_john_f_hogan_award_for_his_contributions_to_journalism_and_freedom_of_the_press] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202192208/https://www.rtdna.org/article/pete_williams_to_receive_2018_john_f_hogan_award_for_his_contributions_to_journalism_and_freedom_of_the_press |date=December 2, 2022 }}</ref>
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