Background
Wilson, Lois Mayfield was born on January 28, 1924 in Berea, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Samuel Martin and Flora Terrill (Sweeney) Mayfield.
Wilson, Lois Mayfield was born on January 28, 1924 in Berea, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Samuel Martin and Flora Terrill (Sweeney) Mayfield.
Bachelor of Science, Bowling Green State University, 1943. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1954.
Reporter Toledo Morning Times, summer 1944. Instructor English, University Illinois, Urbana, 1944-1946, Stanford (California) University, 1946-1948. From instructor to professor San Francisco State University, since 1949.
Research fellow University Chile, Santiago, 1947. Fulbright professor linguistics University Rome, 1956-1957.
Member selection committee for Fulbright scholars, Institute International Education, Washington, 1979. Transpacific orientation director & lecturer Institute International Education/Asia Foundation, 1956, 61. Member Teachers English to Speakers of Other Languages, California Association Teachers English to Speakers of Other Languages, National Association Foreign Student Advisors.
Married Graham Cunningham Wilson, July 9, 1948. 1 child, Erin Cressida.