Byron T. Wright

Background

Wright, Byron T. was born on October 19, 1917 in Waco, Texas, United States. Son of Wilbur and Dora (Thompson) Wright.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Rice U., 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Berkeley, 1941.

Career

Physicist, Naval Electronics Laboratory, 1941-1942; Physicist, Manhattan Project, 1942-1946; member of faculty, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1946; professor physics, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1956; associate dean graduate division, University of California at Los Angeles, 1972-1980. Ford Foundation visiting scientist European Organization of Nuclear Research, 1963-1964.

Achievements

• Byron T. Wright has been listed as a noteworthy physicist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Physical Society.

Connections

Married Lorna Doone Bloemers, October 21, 1944 (deceased 1964). Children– Carol Ann, Susan Lee, Gail Elizabeth.

Father:

Wilbur Wright

Mother:

Dora (Thompson) Wright

Spouse:

Lorna Doone Bloemers

child:

Carol Ann Wright

child:

Susan Lee Wright

child:

Gail Elizabeth Wright