WILSON, Robert Carlton (Bob), a Representative from California; born in Calexico, Imperial County,
Calif., April 5, 1916; attended California public schools, San Diego State
College, and Otis Art Institute; during the Second World War operated Conship
Commissary and served as a private in the United States Army; lieutenant
colonel, United States Marine Corps Reserve; partner in two advertising
agencies in San Diego; chairman, Republican Congressional Campaign Committee,
1962-1966; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and to the thirteen
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1981); was not a candidate
for reelection in 1980; chairman, Washington Industrial Team and Air-Space
America; died in Chula Vista, Calif., on August 12, 1999; interment at Fort
Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, Calif.