Leslie R. Williams, a Teachers College faculty member who made a long list of contributions to the field of early childhood education, died over the Thanksgiving holiday. Professor Williams had been a Head Start teacher and trainer for tribal programs in South Dakota, founded the Rita Gold Center, which is a day-care and pre-kindergarten lab school at Teachers College, and co-founded the Early Childhood Encyclopedia Project, which resulted in The Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education. She also co-founded the All-Day Kindergarten Network.