Owen Williams, 22, scholar and skater

Owen Martin Williams of 375A Harvard Street, Cambridge, Mass., who was both a scholar and a championship figure skater, died on Thursday, Oct. 12, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He was 22 years old and had lived at 20 Silver Hill Road.
Mr. Williams was born in Danbury, June 14, 1978, a son of Dorothy (Martin) Williams of Ridgefield and the late George 0. Williams.
He attended Greens Farms Academy of Westport and graduated from the Harvey School of Katonah, N.Y., as valedictorian of the Class of 1995.
He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, double majoring in economics and management. He graduated in the Class of 1999, achieving a 5.0 cumulative average for four years and attaining degrees in both economics and management.
He was enrolled in the doctoral program for economics at Duke University at the time of his death.
Before his college years, Mr. Williams was a nationally ranked figure skater who, by the age of 13, had won nearly 37 medals in scores of competitions. In 1992, he finished seventh in the nationals, and had earlier won three first place gold medals in the Mid-Atlantic Competitions.
He started skating at the age of six at the Ridgefield rink and a year later was skating competitively. While at Harvey School, he was practicing an average of five hours a day.
He was a member of Zeta Phi Fraternity at M.I.T. and attended St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.
Besides his mother, he is survived by a brother, Julian O. Williams. of London, England.
Friends are invited to attend a Celebration of Life reception on Sunday, Oct. 29, after 10 a.m. at 20 Silver Hill Road.
Memorials in Owen’s memory may be made to the Owen M. Williams Scholarship Fund, in care of Robert J. Creamer, Esq., 412 Main Street Ridgefleld CT 06877
The Kane Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.