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
George G. Williams George G. Williams George G. Williams (1 May 1902 - 1 December 2000) was professor emeritus of English and creative writing at Rice University. In 1996 he was named as a Rice distinguished alumnus. Williams graduated from the Rice Institute with a BA in 1923 and subsequently completed his master's degree at the same institution. After an interlude teaching at New York University he returned to Rice, where he spent the rest of his career. His "Creative Writing for Advanced College Classes" (1935) remained in print for almost 40 years and his novel "The Blind Bull" (1952) won first prize