Background
Wilson, Robert Nathan was born on August 7, 1940 in Covington, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert Thomas and Ruth (Pearce) Wilson.
Wilson, Robert Nathan was born on August 7, 1940 in Covington, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert Thomas and Ruth (Pearce) Wilson.
Bachelor in Business, Georgetown College, Kentucky, 1962. Graduate executive program Graduate School Business Administration, Columbia University, 1975. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Philadelphia College Pharmacy and Science, 1991.
Doctor of Humane Letters Georgetown College (honorary), 1998.
Sales representative, Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation, Raritan, New Jersey, 1964;
various executive and manager positions, 1964-1977;
president, Johnson & Johnson Dental Products Company, East Windsor, New Jersey, 1977-1979;
company group chairman, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1981-1983;
member Executive Committee, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1983;
appointed vice chairman of the executive committee, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1994;
vice chairman, board directors, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1989. President Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation, Raritan, New Jersey, 1979-1983. Chairman Ortho Pharmaceutical Ltd.
Canada, 1979-1983; board directors United States Trust Corporation since 1991, James Black Foundation, London, Amerada Hess Corporation.
Trustee Museum American Folk Art, New York City, 1981-1995. Chairman, board directors Healthcare Institute New Jersey, since 1996. Board directors World Wildlife Fund, since 1995, Georgetown College Foundation, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Pharmaceutical Research.and Manufacturers American Foundation, since 1994.
Member Trilateral Commission, since 1993. Member Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers American (board directors since 1984, Executive Committee since 1988, policy analysis and planning committee since 1989).
Married Anne Wright, March 29, 1969. Children: Julie Anne, Jonathan Robert.