Stanley P. Wilson (’43), Abilene :: He served in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Rawlins, an attack transport ship that carried troops into invasions against the Japanese during World War II. When he returned, he graduated from law school at the University of Texas and joined McMahon, Springer and Smart in Abilene, developing an extensive practice in civil law in the office and the courtroom. He worked in Dallas as senior vice president and general counsel for Central and Southwest Corp. before retiring in 1988. He returned to Abilene to become Of Counsel to the McMahon Law Firm. In addition to being lifetime members of the UNT President’s Council, he and his wife of 66 years, Claudie Park Wilson (’45), endowed a UNT scholarship. Other survivors include his brother-in-law Charles Onstead (’47). The two fraternity brothers married sisters, and Jody’s Fountain on campus honors Onstead’s late wife, Jo Ann Park Onstead (’44).
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Stanley P. Wilson (’43), Abilene :: He served in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S. Rawlins, an attack transport ship that carried troops into invasions against the Japanese during World War II. When he returned, he graduated from law school at the University of Texas and joined McMahon, Springer and Smart in Abilene, developing an extensive practice in civil law in the office and the courtroom. He worked in Dallas as senior vice president and general counsel for Central and Southwest Corp. before retiring in 1988. He returned to Abilene to become Of Counsel to the McMahon Law Firm. In addition to being lifetime members of the UNT President’s Council, he and his wife of 66 years, Claudie Park Wilson (’45), endowed a UNT scholarship. Other survivors include his brother-in-law Charles Onstead (’47). The two fraternity brothers married sisters, and Jody’s Fountain on campus honors Onstead’s late wife, Jo Ann Park Onstead (’44).
