Ed Williamson

Carol and Ed Williamson created a bequest in 2004 which has been designated to benefit the Athletics Department through the creation of an Athletic Endowed Scholarship.Ed Williamson is a Trustee of the University of Miami.

Ed Williamson, a member of the UM Board of Trustees and Orange Bowl Committee president in 1994 and '95, is on the University of Miami Trustee Orange Bowl Study Committee -- separate from the city's OB advisory board -- and said it has met once with Sánchez and Miami Mayor Manny Díaz.
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Williamson said the committee's main objective is to, through a study, "find out about what it's going to take physically for UM to be able to play the next 25 to 50 years in the Orange Bowl.And then we have to decide how we'd get the money."

When told Shalala attended a meeting with Marlins representatives, Williamson said, "Donna Shalala is very smart.

For more than 30 years, Ed Williamson's family has been linked with the University of Miami.
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The relationship has grown since then, with Williamson serving on numerous advisory committees and boards, including UM's Board of Trustees, and becoming one of the most respected names among a heady group of athletic boosters that includes attorney Dean Colson; Betty Amos, who owns Abkey Companies, which does business as Fuddruckers Restaurants; Wometco Enterprises CEO Arthur Hertz; and investment firm Cobb Partners Ltd. owner Chuck Cobb.
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"Somebody will tell you they're a fan; that probably means they buy tickets," Williamson said.
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Williamson, like many boosters, is not an alumnus.He attended Auburn and played in the marching band, but he's passionate about UM, its football and its mission.You'll find him at as many Hurricanes games as he can manage in his busy schedule, and his datebook is crammed with university meetings.He can't say for sure how much he has donated to the school over the years, writing checks for athletics, the college of engineering, the Ring Theatre and the president's unrestricted budget, or supplying cars to assistant coaches.He is a member of the Golden Canes, UM's largest supporters.

"That gives me my Golden Cane status," Williamson said of the cars, which are part of the Hurricane Wheels program.
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"I'm certain, if I'd had a real problem with either one of them, it might not have happened," Williamson said.

Williamson said Dee sets the tone for the university-booster relationship.
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"I don't sell every car, but I control the climate," Williamson said."So the AD controls the climate, and if he lets the climate go bad, then you can get the kind of climate you get with SMU."

Williamson said he's passionate about UM.

"As I started to get involved, if I wasn't enjoying it, if I didn't feel I was getting some level of gratification back, I wouldn't do it," Williamson said.

UM Booster Profile

Name: Ed Williamson
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How he got his money: President, Williamson Cadillac, Miami.

Biggest donation: He said he cannot answer this precisely, but he estimated his contributions during the past 25 years have been probably more than $40,000 in cash and in-kind (they send over Cadillacs and Saturns for coaches, etc . . .) contributions a year.

Why does he help?
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Miami has Ed Williamson.