John T. Wilson
President of the University of Chicago
About John T. Wilson
Lived 1914 – 1990 (aged 75–76).
John Todd Wilson (March 7, 1914 – August 4, 1990) served as 9th president of the University of Chicago from 1975 to 1978.
Wilson was born in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on March 7, 1914. He studied at George Washington University and the University of Iowa, where he studied psychology, philosophy, and education. After wartime service in the US Naval Reserve he earned a PhD in psychology from Stanford University in 1948.
In 1961 Wilson moved to work at the University of Chicago as special assistant to the newly appointed university president George W. Beadle, previously of Caltech. In 1963 he moved back to the National Science Foundation as deputy director, returning to the University of Chicago in 1968 as vice-president and dean of faculties. In 1969 he was appointed Provost and elected President of the university in December 1975. He retired in 1978.
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Who was John T. Wilson?
President of the University of Chicago (1914-1990)
When was John T. Wilson born?
John T. Wilson was born in 1914.
When did John T. Wilson die?
John T. Wilson died in 1990.
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