Julian Miller: My Sam

Posted by winjaw on Sep 8, 2010 in Sams on Sams blog | 0 comments

My “Sam” was actually a “Bill”, W. S. “Billy” Morris III, to be exact. He was the CEO of the
company and he loved to tell me I was not a publisher any more than he was a CEO. “We are nothing but teachers,” he would say, “Our jobs are to help others grow. Hopefully, we will be better next year than we are this year.”

His teaching experiences were many and varied.

In the 1980s, Billy owned not only the second largest newspaper in the state, but the largest locally owned company in Augusta, Georgia. He was pretty much depended on for everything in the community and he contributed to all, but got little credit for it.