Sir George Williams University represented Sir George Williams University. Shortly after Sir George Williams merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University in 1974, The Georgians and the Loyola Warriors were replaced by the Concordia Stingers. Sir George Williams University Sir George Williams University was a university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It merged with Loyola College to create Concordia University on August 24, 1974. In 1851, the first YMCA in North America was established on Ste-Helene street in Old Montreal. Beginning in 1873, the YMCA offered evening classes to allow working people in the English-speaking community to pursue their education while working during 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