Background
Wilson, George Wilton was born on February 15, 1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Walter and Ida (Wilton) Wilson. came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1970.
( From case studies of eleven highway systems in underdev...)
From case studies of eleven highway systems in underdeveloped countries, the authors suggest a theory of transport investment and development.
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Wilson, George Wilton was born on February 15, 1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Walter and Ida (Wilton) Wilson. came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1970.
Bachelor of Commerce, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 1950. Master of Arts, University Kentucky, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1955.
Economist, Board Transportation Commissioners, Ottawa, 1951-1952;
teaching fellow, Cornell Univercity, 1952-1955;
assistant professor economics, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1955-1957;
professor transportation, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1957-1966;
professor business economics, department chairman, Indiana U., 1966-1970;
dean College Arts and Sciences, Indiana U., 1970-1973;
distinguished professor business economics, Indiana U., 1978-1992;
distinguished professor emeritus business economics, professor emeritus economics, Indiana U., 1992. Collaborator study South Asia 20th Century Fund, 1962-1965, director research Canada's needs and resources, 1964-1965. Director case studies role transportation in economics development Brookings Institution, 1964, study transport and economics development of Indochina, 1974.
Member Presidential Task Force Transportation, 1964, 68. Director Transportation Reserve Center, Indiana U., 1990-1992.
( From case studies of eleven highway systems in underdev...)
(Economics, Inflation, Business, Government, World Economy)
Member American Economics Association (Distinguished Member award 1986), Transportation Research Forum (president 1969, Transportation Research award 1990), Gamma Sigma.
Married I. Marie McKinney, September 6, 1952 (deceased July 1986). Children: Ronald Leslie, Douglas Scott, Suzanne Rita. Married Joan Murdock, May 16, 1988.