Max Carlton Wilson
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Early Life
Max Carlton Wilson was born September 15, 1916, in Juniper, Idaho. He grew up in Lehi, Utah, where he was heavily involved in school activities. He was Senior Class president of his high school during the depression years. Due to the economic crisis, there was no money to produce a high school yearbook, but he rallied the students and community and was able to produce one.
Education and Career
After a year of college at Brigham Young University, Wilson served a mission for the LDS Church in the Northwestern States Mission. He moved to Seattle, Washington during World War II to work for Boeing. He spent the next 20 years working for the airplane industry in Seattle. He loved airplanes and was centrally involved in the development and production of Boeing’s first passenger jet, the Boeing 707.
Wanting to finish college after retiring from Boeing, he moved to Provo, Utah, where he completed a BA degree in 1971 and a Master’s Degree in Communications in 1973. Following graduation, Wilson remained at BYU, where he was an instructor in photography and administrative assistant to the Dean of Fine Arts. During his tenure at BYU he was a key player in planning and implementing the BYU Centennial Celebration, including managing the design and construction of the BYU Carillon Bell Tower. He retired in 1981.
Family Life
Wilson met his sweetheart, Sue Taylor, in Seattle and they married on September 1942. Together, the couple fulfilled many assignments within the Church, eventually serving a mission together in Philadelphia.
Max Carlton Wilson, died peacefully in the presence of his family members on April 2, 2008 in Provo, Utah.
He is survived by his wife, Sue Taylor Wilson, five sons: Kelly, Bruce, Roger, Richard, and Walter, 36 grand children, more than 50 great grandchildren and two brothers and one sister.
