Gill Robb Wilson

Background

Wilson, Gill Robb was born on September 18, 1893 in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Gill Irwin and Amanda (Robb) Wilson.

Education

Kiskiminetas Preparatory School, 1911. Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Jefferson College, 1915 (Doctor of Science). Bachelor of Divinity, Western Theological Seminary, 1920.

Career

1 d., Margaret Robb; married second, Mary Clary, April 28, 1931. State director of aviation for New Jersey, 1930-1945. Member of advisory commission on aviation unites states department of Commerce, 1932-1936.

Member organizing committee Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, 1939. Airport consultant to W.P.A., 1935-1938. Member committee organizing Civil Pilot Training Program, 1938.

Member organizing committee National Association State Aviation Officials, 1932 (president 1937). Organized American Legion Aronautics Committee, 1925. Organized Civil Air Defense Service, New Jersey, 1938.

Organized Civil Air Patrol, 1940-1941. President National aeronautics Association, 1940-1944. Editor National aeronautics Magazine, 1940-1944.

Organized National Aviation Forums, 1938-1942. Vice Chairman of the Board Electronic Communications, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida. Director Universal Air Freight Corporation, Bankers National Life Insurance Company, Standard Precision, Inc., Wichita, Kansas.

Aviation columnist New York Herald Tribune, 1944-1951. Editor, public Flying magazine 1952-1962. Former vice president Ziff-Davis Public Company Pilot Franch Escadrille 66 and United States Army Air Squadron 163, World War I.

War correspondent Africa, Europe, Pacific, 1943-1945. Press correspondent Atomic Bomb tests, Bikini, 1946. Cons. on aviation to various corporations and municipalities since 1930.

Membership

Member of advisory commission on aviation unites states department of Commerce, 1932-1936. Member organizing committee Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, 1939. Member committee organizing Civil Pilot Training Program, 1938.

Member organizing committee National Association State Aviation Officials, 1932 (president 1937). Member Army Air Corps Reserve and New Jersey National Guard, 1919-1938. Clubs: University (New York City).

Connections

Married Margaret Perrine, October 8, 1923 (died 1927).; married second, Mary Clary, April.

Father:

Gill Irwin Wilson

Mother:

Amanda (Robb) Wilson

Spouse:

Mary Clary

Spouse:

Margaret Perrine