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Wallace Glenn Wilkinson (December 12, 1941 – July 5, 2002) was an American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From 1987 to 1991, he served as the state's 57th governor. Wilkinson dropped out of college at the University of Kentucky in 1962 to attend to a book retail business he started.
Jul 6, 2002 · Former Gov. Wallace G. Wilkinson, a self-made millionaire who helped create Kentucky's lottery and overhauled the state's public schools, died today. He was 60 and lived in Lexington..
Wallace Glenn Wilkinson (December 12, 1941 – July 5, 2002) was an American businessman and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From 1987 to 1991, he served as the state's 57th governor. Wilkinson dropped out of college at the University of Kentucky in 1962 to attend to a book retail business he started.
Jul 6, 2002 · (LEXINGTON, Ky., July 6th, 2002) -- Former Governor Wallace Wilkinson died Friday afternoon after being on life-support for the last nine days. Wilkinson suffered a massive stroke Thursday at Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington. He was 60 years old.
Jul 20, 2016 · In 1999, his 90 brick-and-mortar college bookstores were a financial success, but Wallace Wilkinson envisioned a system of online textbook sales to college students as a way to make even more profits. So Wilkinson launched eCampus.com.
Apr 1, 2020 · April 1, 2020. 8:35 AM. On June 6, 1987, Intertech/Northeast, which specialized in financial and corporate investigations, was retained by Robert Gable, then head of the Republican Party of Kentucky, to investigate the relationship between Wallace Wilkinson and the late Jerome Jernigan.
Wallace G. Wilkinson served as Kentucky's governor from 1987 to 1991, focusing on education, environment, and economic development. He was also a successful entrepreneur who founded Wallace’s College Book Company and other ventures.
