Wilson (Roly) Nolen is an academic, a businessman, a philanthropist and a horticultural enthusiast.

Education:
BA Yale University, 1948 
MBA Harvard University,1951
DCS Harvard University, 1956

Personal:
Married to Eliot Chace Nolen.
Three children: Christian, Malcolm and Eliot.  Six grandchildren.

Background:
After completing his degrees, Mr. Nolen was a Research Associate from 1952 through 1956 and then went on to become the youngest faculty member of Harvard Business School, where he taught until 1963, specializing in strategic planning.
 
In his business career, Mr. Nolen was a senior executive at Becton Dickinson & Co., from 1973 to 1989, serving as Corporate Vice President from 1977 to 1989. Prior to 1973, Mr. Nolen held several executive positions at McKesson & Robbins, Inc. Mr. Nolen also served on the Board of several international investment funds managed by Scudder Kemper Investments Inc., including the Scudder New Asia Fund, the Korea Fund, and the Argentina Fund. 

Chairman, New York Botanical Garden
Trustee, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Trustee, New York Council on Economic Education
President, The Great Island Foundation
Advisor to the Mary P. Oenslager Foundation Fund 
Member, Executive Committee of Yale University’s Class of 1948
Chairman, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration Cornerstone Society (until June 2002)
Former Trustee and Vice Chair, United Hospital Fund of New York
Former Trustee, Cultural Institutions Retirement System 
Winner, Medal of Honor for outstanding service to horticulture, The Garden Club of America (May, 2003)
Honoree,  New York Botanical Garden 2008 Rose Garden Dinner Dance