Owen Meredith Wilson (September 21, 1909 – November 7, 1998) was an American historian and academic administrator. He served as president of the University of Oregon from 1954 to 1960 and as president of the University of Minnesota from 1960 to 1967. Wilson worked as chair of the American Council on Education and headed of the board of Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Wilson died from brain cancer at his Eugene, Oregon home in 1998, seven weeks past his 89th birthday.