William W. Wilson ’38

William W. Wilson died April 27, 2014, at his home in Wynnewood, Pa.

Bill prepared for Princeton at Penn Charter School, where he was active in football, basketball, and track. At Princeton he majored in biology, achieving departmental honors. He was a member of Cannon Club. Bill was a member of the football, track, and JV basketball teams. He also was a member of the varsity club and served as an assistant coach for freshman basketball in his junior and senior years.

Bill earned a medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1942. He was a flight surgeon in the Navy, serving in the South Pacific, and received the Distinguished Flying Cross.

After returning to civilian life, Bill was a resident at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Philadelphia. He became certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and taught neurology at the University of Pennsylvania from 1949 to 1958. He was on the staff at Bryn Mawr Hospital, Delaware County Hospital, Roxborough Memorial Hospital, New Jersey State Hospital, Northwest Institute of Psychiatry, and Trenton Hospital. He continued to practice medicine until his retirement in 1995.

Bill exhibited orchids at the Philadelphia Flower Show for many years and also acted as an orchid judge.

He is survived by his son, William Jr., and his daughter, Wendy E. Wilson. The class extends heartfelt sympathy to them.