Hazel Williams Thomas

Professor Emerita, Home Economics

Hazel Marie Williams, the youngest of six children, was born to Louis D. and Effie Lula Williams.  She received a B.S. from Arkansas State Teachers College in 1930.  Mrs. Thomas joined the Ouachita faculty in 1948 as Instructor of Home Economics. She received a M.S. from Oklahoma A&M University in Foods and Nutrition in 1950. Mrs. Thomas was promoted to Chair of the Home Economics Department where she served until her retirement in 1974.  Mrs. Thomas, a firm believer in furthering education, completed additional training at the University of Arkansas, the University of Maryland, Florida State University, and the Sorbonne in Paris, France.  Hazel Williams was married to Alton Hays Thomas, her college sweetheart.  The Thomases had two children, both Ouachita graduates, Alan Hays Thomas, and Ruth Ann Thomas Wade Hill, in 1958 and 1960 respectively. Mrs. Hazel Thomas died July 9, 2002.