Robert M. Wilson, Jr.

Robert M. Wilson Jr. (April 28, 1952 – August 3, 2012) was an American lawyer who established Wilson & Associates law firm, with offices in Little Rock, Arkansas; Nashville, Tennessee; and Memphis, Tennessee. In 2008, Wilson founded the Wilson History and Research Center in Little Rock to collect and study military helmets.

Early life Robert M. "Robby" Wilson Jr. was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on April 28, 1952. His parents were Jan (née Herrick) and Robert M. "Bob" Wilson Sr.

In June 1972, he moved to Washington, D.C. to work on the staff of Arkansas Senator John McClellan. In 2008, Wilson retired from the full-time daily practice of law.

Wilson was admitted to the bar in the State of Arkansas; the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in 1978, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1978, the Supreme Court of the United States in 1986; the Judiciary of Texas in 1991, and the Tennessee State Courts in 1996.

Wilson History & Research Center

In 2008, Wilson founded the Wilson History and Research Center (WHRC) in Little Rock, Arkansas. Consisting of some 17,000 items, WHRC had one of the largest collections of its kind in the world. The gift was a part of the 65th D-Day remembrance.

In March 2010 Wilson was diagnosed with terminal esophageal cancer. After treatment at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Treatment Center at the University of Arkansas Medical School in Little Rock, he was found in January 2010 to be cancer free. He was named as one of the Faces of Cancer for 2011 by the American Cancer Society. Wilson died from cancer on August 3, 2012.

Selected publications Exotische: Rare Cloth Headgear of the Third Reich, with co-author Paul Sack. Little Rock: Wilson History and Research Center, 2010. Exotische Vol. 2: French Kepis of the Twentieth Century, with Paul Sack, Jordan Winter, and Xavier Aiolfi. Little Rock: Wilson History and Research Center, 2012.