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Former director of Park District of Highland Park.

Rollin M. Pease was one of 9 children of Daniel and Katharine B. (née James) Pease. The Pease family settled in Highwood, Illinois in 1889 where Oak Terrace School was erected. Pease, a bass-baritone concert vocalist, served as director of the voice department at Northwestern University for several years until 1931 when he received an appointment as director of the Voice Department at the University of Arizona.

Williams graduated from Oak Park High School and attended the American Conservatory of Music. He spent much of his early career in Chicago and on the North shore with stints on Broadway in New York and a later career as a character actor in California.

Captain of the 7th Indiana Volunteer Battery,1861-1864. Mayor, Highland Park, Illinois, 1879-1880, President of School Board, 1896-1901.

Station agent, telegraph operator, Erskine Bank Cashier, City and Township assessor.