04/03/2024

Walter Wilson

Walter Wilson was a visionary for professionalism in the pest control industry.  After founding Wilson Exterminating Company with Bob McNeely in Winston-Salem in 1939, Walter joined forces with David Goforth and Dr. Clyde Smith to form a partnership among the industry and North Carolina State University’s entomology department to help make the pest control profession more honest in 1948.  Walter was also involved in many other firsts for the association. He was a founding member of the association, attended the association’s first meeting in 1951 and was a member of the North Carolina Structural Pest Commission.  He was elected president in 1953 and 1954 and was named Pest Control Operator of the Year in 1961.