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A twentieth-century American novelist, he is best known for The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and A Summer Place. The latter work was adapted into a 1959 film of the same title.An advocate of public education and school integration, he served as Assistant Director of the National Citizens Commission for Public Schools.He and Brendan Behan both suffered from alcoholism.
BEFORE FAMEHe graduated from Harvard University in the early 1940s and subsequently served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.
PERSONAL LIFEHe married Betty Stephens in 1962; they had four children.
The meaning of the name Wilson: Son Of William FUN FACTSNovelist Sloan Wilson were born on Saturday, in a leap year, birthstone is Emerald, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Monkey, it is 121 days until Sloan Wilson next birthday.
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Jan. 07 1958
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