 In 2001, Williams was appointed the 11th President of the City College of New York - the flagship campus of the City University of New York system.His appointment followed his tenure as a law school dean at Ohio State since 1993, where Williams taught courses in criminal law, he raised $25 million and oversaw the increase of the school's endowment by about 50 percent.During his tenure at Ohio State, Williams also served as the president of the Association of American Law Schools and his autobiographical book, "Life on the Color Line