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Board Secretary
 L. George Wilson Ph.D.
Vice Provost for International Affairs and Professor of Horticultural Science at NC State University, 2003-04 President, American Society for Horticultural Science
George has led University-wide international programs at NC State since 2002. Prior to this, he was Coordinator of International Programs for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
He joined NC State in 1975 as Associate Professor and Extension Postharvest Horticultural Specialist and became Professor in 1979. Prior to that, for nine years he and his family lived in Honduras where he was a Research Fruit Postharvest Biologist and Technology Transfer Specialist for a multi-national agricultural corporation.
Over the past two decades, partly because of his Spanish language capabilities, George was twice assigned to lead NC State U.S. Agency for International Development projects in Peru; as Extension Leader in 1982, and as Chief of Party in 1991. In 1993 he was a leader of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bulgarian-American Extension Project in Bulgaria.
His primary professional affiliation is with the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS). George is a Fellow of the Society and recent past-president. In 1990, he was selected as the first ASHS/AAAS Congressional Science Fellow, in which capacity he served as Science Advisor to Senator Terry Sanford of North Carolina.
George received his B.S. in Pomology from Cornell University in 1961, followed by his M.S. in Horticultural Science from Washington State University in 1963, and his Ph.D. in Postharvest Horticultural Science from Michigan State University in 1969.
Contact George Wilson at george_wilson@ncsu.edu
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