Honorary Membership accompanies the awarding of honorary degrees. One of the strengths of Williams has been the great interest its alumni have had in fostering continued quality education at the College. Local alumni efforts are vital to recruiting new students. Alumni also advance quality education at Williams through ongoing financial assistance. The College has three basic programs for giving.
Capital campaigns raise funds for the physical plant and for endowment.
The planned giving program seeks gifts through bequests and life income plans. Alumni business is presented at the annual meeting of the Society each June when alumni elect an Alumni Trustee to serve a five-year term. Members of the Executive Committee are assisted by the College's Alumni Relations Staff in Mears House on the campus. Arranging seminars in conjunction with reunions, fall weekends, travel and other programs. Editing and distributing the Alumni Review, a quarterly magazine, to alumni, parents and seniors and providing on-line information about alumni programs and the College.