
After 54 years, Jack Crowder is hanging up his Williams hard hat.
Crowder, a senior operations technician at Station 160 in Reidsville, North Carolina, is retiring after five decades of service to Williams.
Crowder said heās had a great career at Williams, with co-workers who are like family.
āIāve enjoyed the work,ā he said. āEveryone here is willing and able to pitch in and help out and get the job done. Itās going to be a big change. Thatās for sure.ā
Williams President & CEO Alan Armstrong congratulated Crowder on a surprise call.
āThanks Jack, for spending your career with the company and making it a better place,ā he said. āYouāve kept things running and safe for a long time and I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate it.ā
Crowder has worked out of Station 160 for most of his 54-year career. He spent 14 years working on right-of-way projects up and down Williamsā Transco Pipeline. āI grew up on a farm and saw a chance to better myself with a job at Williams and itās been a great career,ā Crowder said when celebrating his 50th anniversary four years ago. āI have pretty much put my hands on everything here, more than once.ā