In Search of Honor: Musings From the Bench

About the Book

Values guide us throughout our lives. Our values help us determine our careers, friends, and decisions. Young people who have good values, understand and appreciate the responsibility that they have to themselves, society, and the world. They are genuinely concerned, compassionate, and filled with mercy. Even when they make mistakes, they accept ownership of the consequences and try to fix whatever problem they may have created. This book is an attempt to give guidance to young people who are serious about making just and upright decisions. Since, most of our choices are made alone, it is important that we possess good values which will help guide us in the decision making process.

About the Author

Judge Wilson earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University in 1992, and his Jurist Doctorate from Northeastern University School of Law in 1995. After earning his Jurist Doctorate, he was selected as the recipient of the Otto Snowden Community Fellowship from the Urban Law and Public Policy Institute. This institute is a trailblazing program in Boston committed to developing solutions to the challenges facing our nation's inner city communities. From 1999 to 2002, Ron served as Crime Prevention Specialist for the Pima County Attorney and in March of 2002; he was appointed the Presiding Judge for the City of South Tucson. Judge Wilson’s appointment was historically significant. At the age of 33, he became the first full-time Judge for the City of South Tucson, the first African American Presiding Judge in Pima County and one of the youngest Presiding Judges in United States history. Judge Wilson has also instructed courses at the University of Arizona on topics such as Slavery, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights Movement, Black Politics, Black History, and Mentoring At-Risk Youth. He is the recipient of numerous awards and certificates including the Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major Award, The Rosa Parks Living History Makers Award and The Asa Philip Randolph Social Justice Award. Judge Wilson is the product of the Massachusetts foster care system. He is a transracial adoptee with over 20 adopted siblings. In addition, he has had over 400 foster brothers and sisters.