Donald R. Wilson (May 17, 1917 – November 28, 1983)[1][2] was a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from January 26, 1976, to December 31, 1976.
Born in Detroit, Michigan,[2] Wilson received a A.B. from Princeton University in 1939, and an LL.B. and J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1942.[2][3] He served in the United States Army during World War II, attaining the rank of captain.[2] He was national commander of the American Legion, and as president of Oglethorpe University.[3]
On January 26, 1976, Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. appointed Wilson, a fellow Republican, to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the resignation of Charles Harold Haden II, who had been appointed to a federal judgeship.[3] Wilson remained in office until the end of 1976.[2]
Wilson married Judith Ann Brady, with whom he had two sons.[2] Wilson died in 1983, at the age of 66.[1]
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