Wilson, Chester S. (Chester Sawyer), 1886-1983.

Chester Wilson served as Minnesota's Commissioner of Conservation (1943-1955), as chairman of the Minnesota Water Pollution Control Commission (1945-1952), as president of the International Association of Game, Fish, and Conservation Commissioners (1953), and as a member of the United States Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission (1958-1962). While serving in these positions Wilson was instrumental in the enactment of several important pieces of environmental legislation and served as legal council and consultant for a number of state and national environmental commissions and boards.

From the guide to the Chester Wilson papers., 1912-1978 (bulk 1943-1978)., (Minnesota Historical Society)