Larry Richard Williams (born October 6, 1942) is an American author and commodity trader from the state of Montana. He is the father of Academy Award-nominated actress Michelle Williams.
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Williams was born in Miles City, Montana, on October 6, 1942, the son of Sylva Berthea (née Brurs) and Richard Sigwart Williams.[1] He holds a Bachelor of Science from the School of Journalism as an alumnus of the class of 1964 at the University of Oregon in Eugene.[2]
He is the author of nine books including The Mount Sinai Myth, based on an archeological search for Mt. Sinai in Egypt, was later featured in Vanity Fair in a re-write by Howard Blum.[3] His most current book is "Confessions of a Tax Rebel". This books discusses his battle with the IRS which led to trial on three charges of tax evasion. Williams funds a modest scholarship at the University of Oregon in honor of his college professor, Max Wales.[4]
Williams has created several market indicators including Williams %R, Ultimate Oscillator, and value measurements for commodity prices. Williams won the 1987 World Cup Championship of Futures Trading from the Robbins Trading Company, where he turned $10,000 to over $1,100,000 (11,376%) in a 12 month competition with real money. Ten Years later his daughter Michelle won the same contest.[5]
Williams was twice the Republican Party nominee to the United States Senate in Montana, losing to Representative Max Baucus in 1978[6] and to incumbent Senator John Melcher in 1982.[7]