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Ted Wilson

Ted Wilson


Ted Wilson Ted Wilson graduated from the University of Utah in 1964. He received a master's degree in education from the Universtiy of Washington in 1969. In 1983, he received an honorary doctorate of laws from Westminster college of Salt Lake city. Wilson was mayor of Salt Lake city from 1976 to 1986. He was director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah from 1986 to 2003, when he retired. Wilsonis the founder of the Exoro Group, an advocacy firm. In 2005 he was appointed founding director of the Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Non-violent Human Rights Advocacy.

He is currently the director of the Utah Rivers Council, an environmental group that advocates healthy rivers and river enjoyment. Personal travel to India has allowed Wilson to study and understand the Indian system of government. He has made 13 trips to India, with six leading university student expeditions, and was instrumental inorganizing the International Semester Program at the University of Utah. During those visits, he has met with the Dalai Lama and led efforts to build housing for Tibetan refugees in Bir, a community hall in Leh, Ladhk, and a school in Kotwara. Wilson is married to City Weekly Editor Holly Mullen.

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