Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Patrick Wilson

Biography

 Patrick G. Wilson, librarian and philosopher, was born on December 29, 1927, grew up in Santa Cruz and entered the University of California, Berkeley as a freshman undergraduate in 1945. He received his A.B. degree in philosophy, with highest honors, in 1949, a bachelor of library science degree in 1953, and his Ph.D. in philosophy in 1960. He began working in UC Berkeley’s Doe Library’s general reference service after receiving his degree in library science, and served as a librarian and bibliographer for South Asia Studies from 1954 to 1959.Wilson taught philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles starting in 1960, but returned to Berkeley in 1965 as assistant professor in the School of Librarianship, during the Free Speech Movement. He received tenure in 1968, served as dean of the school from 1970 to 1975, and became full professor in July 1976, when the school was renamed the School of Library and Information Studies. Wilson also was acting dean from 1989 until his retirement in 1991. He remained active, reading, writing, and, occasionally, participating in seminars. He died in San Francisco on September 12, 2003, aged 75.

Research Interest

 Men who have sex with men; MSM; HIV; HIV diagnosis; Access to care; HIV care continuum; HIV treatment cascade