The Atlanta Community Relations Commission announced today that its annual Temple Award will be presented in memory of the late Dr. Sam Williams, chairman of the commission from 1968 until his death last fall.

The award goes each year to the organization or individual making "the most meaningful contribution to improving human relations in Atlanta."

The award will consist of a check for $250 and will be given to President Hugh Gloster of Morehouse College for the Samuel W. Williams Scholarship Fund.

In a concurrent action the commission is: … requesting the Mayor and Board of Aldermen "to honor this great Atlanta humanitarian and human rights leader" by authorizing the hanging of a suitable portrait of Dr. Williams in a prominent location at City Hall. … asking the Atlanta Board of Education to name a new school the Samuel W. Williams School, and … issuing an appeal to the citizens of greater Atlanta for private contributions to the Samuel W. Williams Memorial Scholarship fund at Morehouse College. Contributions should be mailed to President Hugh Gloster, Morehouse College, 211 Chestnut Street, Atlanta, Georgia.

The commission is taking this action because of Dr. Williams "making an inestimable contribution to the City of Atlanta in his brilliant, relentless and articulate dedication to the purpose of ending discrimination and injustice in our community. Through his leadership as chairman of the Community Relations Commission, he made clear the issues and measures necessary to achieve progress toward this purpose."

The CRC Temple Award was established in 1967 with a $5,000 endowment by the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in commemoration of its one hundredth anniversary. The CRC each year selects the recipient. The first three winners were Southwest Atlantans for Progress (SWAP), the Central Presbyterian Church, and the Butler Street YMCA.