Linda S. Wilson (born 1936) is an American academic administrator who served as president of Radcliffe College from 1989 to 1999.

In 1993, she began the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute to encourage interdisciplinary research between scholars, policymakers, business and labor leaders, and members of the media.

[1] Wilson acted as an advisor to the United States Department of Energy and the National Research Council.

[3][4] She is a Trustee of the Committee on Economic Development, a Director of Myriad Genetics, Inc. and Inacom, Inc., and Honorary Trustee of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a member of the Board of Visitors for the University of Wisconsin College of Letters and Science, and a member of the Dean's Advisory Council of Newcomb College.

[3][4] Wilson is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.