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While engaged in his legal practice, he was also president of the Shreveport [[YMCA]] and the [[Chamber of Commerce]] as well as chairman of the board of Dodd College, a private junior college for women founded in Shreveport by the pastor Monroe Elmon Dodd, Sr. (1878-1952).<ref name=aboutwilkinson>{{cite web|url=http://lyonsfamilytree.com/2007/11/20/the-wilkinson-family/|title=The Wilkinson Family|publisher=WordPress|accessdate=August 25, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref> Before he entered politics, former Governor [[Jimmie Davis]] taught at Dodd College. Wilkinson was a member of Rotary International and the LSU Foundation.<ref name=lahist/>
While engaged in his legal practice, he was also president of the Shreveport [[YMCA]] and the [[Chamber of Commerce]] as well as chairman of the board of Dodd College, a private junior college for women founded in Shreveport by the pastor Monroe Elmon Dodd, Sr. (1878-1952).<ref name=aboutwilkinson>{{cite web|url=http://lyonsfamilytree.com/2007/11/20/the-wilkinson-family/|title=The Wilkinson Family|publisher=WordPress|accessdate=August 25, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref> Before he entered politics, former Governor [[Jimmie Davis]] taught at Dodd College. Wilkinson was a member of Rotary International and the LSU Foundation.<ref name=lahist/>
Wilkinson was affiliated with the state, national, and international bar associations. In 1962, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. He was a senior partner in the firm, Wilkinson, Carmody and Gilliam. He was a director and chairman of the board of Lee National Life Insurance Company and the vice president of the Hunter Company. In the late 1950s, he allied with the [[states rights]] movement and took a leading role in the court battles regarding tidelands, [[petroleum]] revenues, and opposition to [[Segregation|school segregation]].<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-w/|title=Wilkinson, W. Scott|publisher=lahistory.org|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
Wilkinson was affiliated with the state, national, and international bar associations. In 1962, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. He was a senior partner in the firm, Wilkinson, Carmody and Gilliam. He was a director and chairman of the board of Lee National Life Insurance Company and the vice president of the Hunter Company. In the late 1950s, he allied with the states rights movement and took a leading role in the court battles regarding tidelands, [[petroleum]] revenues, and opposition to [[Segregation|school segregation]].<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-w/|title=Wilkinson, W. Scott|publisher=lahistory.org|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life==
==Personal life==