Ulysses S. Grant Cottage Release Statement Following Death of Board Member Treat Williams

SARATOGA COUNTY — Treat Williams suffered critical injuries after he was unable to avoid a collision and thrown from his motorcycle on Vermont Route 30 on June 12. He was 71. 

The popular actor, a resident of Manchester Center Vermont, was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead, according to a statement released from the Vermont State Police, who are investigating the crash.   

Williams was a member of the Board of Trustees at the Friends of the Ulysses S. Grant Cottage, and spoke at Grant Cottage’s Bicentennial Birthday Gala last October. 

The Ulysses S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site released the following statement on June 13: 

“The Friends of the Ulysses S. Grant Cottage are deeply saddened by the passing of actor, husband, father, friend, and Honorary Trustee Treat Williams,” reads the statement. “Treat Williams was a great friend of Grant Cottage and a member of our Board of Trustees. He had been working with Cottage staff and volunteers to produce a one-man show on General Grant, a segment of which he performed at our fundraising Gala last October. His death is a tragic loss to all who knew him personally and who experienced his creative work on stage and screen. Our condolences to his wife Pam Van Sant and his two children.”