Wilson, O. W. (Orlando Winfield), 1900-1972
Name Entries
person
Wilson, O. W. (Orlando Winfield), 1900-1972
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wilson, O. W. (Orlando Winfield), 1900-1972
Wilson, Orlando Winfield, 1900-
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wilson, Orlando Winfield, 1900-
Wilson, Orlando Winfield 1900-1972
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wilson, Orlando Winfield 1900-1972
Wilson, Orlando Winfield
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wilson, Orlando Winfield
Wilson, O. W.
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wilson, O. W.
Wilson, O. W. (1900-1972).
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wilson, O. W. (1900-1972).
ウィルソン, O. W
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
ウィルソン, O. W
Wei-erh-hsün.
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wei-erh-hsün.
Wei-erh-hsün, 1900-1972
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wei-erh-hsün, 1900-1972
Wei-erh-hsün, 1900-1972
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wei-erh-hsün, 1900-1972
Wei-erh-hsün
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Wei-erh-hsün
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Brief Biographical Sketch
Orlando Winfield Wilson, criminologist, police administrator and educator, was born on May 15, 1900 in Veblen, South Dakota. He started police work in 1921 as a patrolman with the Berkeley, California Police Department, working his way at the University of California as one of August Vollmer's "college cops." Graduating with an A.B. in 1924, he resigned from the Berkeley force in April 1925 to become chief of police in Fullerton, California. In 1928, on Vollmer's recommendation, he became police chief of Wichita, Kansas, a position he held until 1939 when he returned to Berkeley as professor of police administration at the School of Criminology, serving as dean, 1950-60. During this period he also did intermittent police consultation and advisory work, conducting a number of police surveys and directing reorganization of departments in several cities. In World War II, he served in the army in a variety of posts. In 1960 he went to Chicago at the request of Mayor Richard J. Daley, to head a blue-ribbon committee seeking a new police commissioner. The committee, after searching the country for a candidate, chose its own chairman, and Wilson accepted the job with the assurance that he would have the support he considered necessary to rebuild the department which had been rocked with graft and incompetence. Retiring in 1967 with a distinct record of achievement, he returned to California, living in Poway until his death on October 18, 1972.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://viaf.org/viaf/11092946
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15462901
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50058067
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50058067
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
Criminologists
Police
Police
Police administration
Police chiefs
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
Kansas--Wichita
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Illinois--Chicago
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
California
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Illinois--Chicago
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>