STL Man Recognized by Mayor Slay

Date Posted: October 10, 2016

Posted In: News,

From Fox2: Frank Wilson started his young adulthood in construction, digging ditches. Now he owns a construction company and is an adjunct professor at Washington University where he earned a Masters degree in construction management.

It’s an education he got after he went directly to the program director and advocated to get in.

“I was reaching for the stars and they answered,” Wilson said.

He spends his time now giving back to the community specifically youth minorities, not only showing it’s possible to reach your dreams but also giving them a way to get there. He goes to high schools and gives the same lectures he gives to his Washington University students.

Two weeks ago, Wilson was on a boating trip with two children and his friends when all of that nearly washed away when the motor stopped.

“The water started rushing into the boat, the boat sank, started tipping, and it threw all of us off the boat,” Wilson said.