Linda S. Wilson

Linda S. Wilson (November 10, 1936 – January 1, 2026) was an American academic administrator who served as president of Radcliffe College from 1989 to 1999.

Early life Wilson was born in Washington, D.C. on November 10, 1936.

Education Wilson received an A.B. with honors from H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College at Tulane University (1957), and went on to receive a Ph.D in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1962). She, also, received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Newcomb College at Tulane University and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Maryland and Tulane University.

Career Between 1964 and 1969, Wilson was a researcher and teacher at the University of Maryland, the University of Southampton in England, and the University of Missouri.