Frances C. Wilson

Frances C. Wilson is a retired lieutenant general of the United States Marine Corps, and is the immediate past president of the National Defense University.

Biography

Personal life and education

Frances Wilson was born Nassau County, Long Island, New York to Frances and John Wilson, a United States Air Force officer.

Frances C. Wilson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in social sciences from Michigan State University. Wilson later earned Master degrees in education from Pepperdine University, psychology from the University of Northern Colorado, business management from Salve Regina College, National Security and Strategic Studies from Naval War College, and a Doctor of Education from The University of Southern California.

She also completed the U.S. Army Basic Airborne Course, Armed Forces Staff College's Joint and Combined Staff Officer School, National Defense University's CAPSTONE course, Naval Post Graduate School's Revolution in Business Practices, and Harvard University's JFK School of Government's Senior Executive Course in National and International Security.

Wilson's sister, Mary O'Donnell is a retired U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral, who in 2000 became the first woman to become a reserve rear admiral in the Coast Guard. At the time of O'Donnell's retirement in 2004, Wilson...
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