Wendall W. Wilson, PhD.
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Wendall W. Wilson, PhD., passed away Monday, July 25, 2022, in Victoria, Texas following a brief illness.
Wendall was born in Victoria, Tx on August 12, 1942, to the late Truman Odis Wilson and Lenore Wheeler Wilson. Wendall graduated from Victoria High School in 1960 as Salutatorian of his class. He gained his undergraduate degree in psychology from Rice University in 1964. He spent the following academic year in India on a Fulbright Scholarship before returning to the US where he commenced graduate studies in psychology and anthropology at University of Chicago. Wendall spent all of his professional life in Chicago. After gaining his PhD from the University of Chicago, he carried out clinical therapy but he was primarily engaged in teaching psychology and anthropology at St. Xavier's University (Director of Psychological Services) as well as in the City Colleges of Chicago (Emeritus Distinguished Professor).