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SUNY Cortland alum Scott Williams, now a screenwriter and
television producer, gives a talk at Sperry Center on campus
Thursday.
By BRANDON ROMAGNOLI
Contributing Writer
news@cortlandstandard.net
CORTLAND — Former SUNY Cortland
student Scott Williams visited his alma mater
Wednesday and Thursday to share his expe-
riences with students as a television series
screenwriter and executive producer.
Williams has worked on many popular shows
such as “NCIS,” “Bones,” “Castle,” and “With-
out a Trace.” In Williams’ visit Wednesday to
a Video Production class at SUNY Cortland,
he went into depth about his ups and downs
over the years and how he got where he is now
despite many obstacles.
Williams started with the time he spent at
SUNY Cortland in the late 1970s. As a football
player, bartender at the Dark Horse Tavern,
and a physical education major, Williams was
having the time of his life. Then after one se-
mester, reality set in and he was asked to leave
Cortland because of his poor grades.
“I did not have a stellar college career and I
flunked out after one semester,” Williams said.
TV writer, producer
shares his experiences
Ex-SUNY Cortland student Scott Williams visits alma mater
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