Sir George Williams University College, named after George Williams, founder of the original YMCA in London, upon which the Montreal YMCA was based. In 1934, Sir George Williams College offered the first undergraduate credit course in adult education in Canada. The Sir George Williams College became Sir George Williams University (SGWU) in 1948, when it received a university charter from the provincial government, though it remained the education arm of the Montreal YMCA. SGWU expanded into its first standalone building, the Norris Building, in 1956. It established a Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies in 1963. SGWU continued to hold classes in the
Adolphus Williams County council. He first married Maria Vanderlip and married Katherine Wylie Raeburn in 1890. In 1903, he was named a police magistrate. Williams died in Vancouver at the age of 77. Adolphus Williams Adolphus Williams (July 18, 1844 – September 3, 1921) was a lawyer, magistrate and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Vancouver City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. He was born in Aylmer, Ontario, the son of doctor Adolphus Williams, a native of London, England and Jane Burdick, and was educated in St. Thomas and at the Toronto University. Williams