About Donald R. Wilson
Lived 1917 – 1983 (aged 65–66). Donald R. Wilson was a military personnel.
Donald R. Wilson (May 17, 1917 – November 28, 1983) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from January 26, 1976, to December 31, 1976.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, He served in the United States Army during World War II, attaining the rank of captain. He was national commander of the American Legion, and as president of Oglethorpe University.
On January 26, 1976, Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. appointed Wilson, a fellow Republican, to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the resignation of Charles Harold Haden II, who had been appointed to a federal judgeship. Wilson remained in office until the end of 1976.
Wilson married Judith Ann Brady, with whom he had two sons. Wilson died in 1983, at the age of 66.
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American judge (1917–1983)
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