A judge on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (1980-1993) and a professor of law at the University of Texas at Austin (1946-1980), Jerre S. Williams (1916-1993) also served 30 years as a labor and commercial arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and the National Academy of Arbitrators and served on the Academy's Board of Governors and as vice-president. President Lyndon Johnson appointed him to an emergency board which settled a strike of the Pan American Airways System, and President Jimmy Carter apponited him in 1978 to a three-member emergency board which settled a nationwide railroad strike. He served several times in Panama as an arbitrator with the Canal Zone Govt. and the Panama Canal Co. in 1957 and 1977.
From the description of Jerre S. Williams arbitration files, ca. 1953-1979 1957-1975. (University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library). WorldCat record id: 79084027
