Name Linda Wilson | ||
Education University of Wisconsin-Madison | ||
Linda S. Wilson (born 1936) is an American academic administrator.
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Professional life
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). Between 1964 and 1969, she worked as a researcher and teacher at the University of Maryland, University of Southampton (England), and the University of Missouri. She then worked in university administration at Washington University, St. Louis (1969-1974), and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1975-1985). From 1985-1989, Wilson was vice president for research at the University of Michigan. Wilson served as President of Radcliffe College from 1989 to 1999.
She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In addition, she is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science, and the Research Roundtable of the National Academy of Sciences.
She also served as an advisor to the United States Department of Energy and the National Research Council.
Personal life
She was born in Washington, D.C. is married, and has two children.