Christopher Wright

Background

Wright, Christopher was born on October 31, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Quincy and Louise Maxey (Leonard) Wright.

Education

Student, University Chicago, 1944; Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Harvard College, 1949; Bachelor of Arts Fulbright grantee, Oxford (England) University, 1949-1951; A.M., Harvard University, 1974.

Career

Experimental physicist, Manhattan Project, Los Alamos, 1944-1946; instructor philosophy, Williams College, 1954; research associate, University of Chicago Law School, 1956-1958; executive director, Council for Atomic Age Studies, Columbia University, 1958-1966; director, Institute for Study of Science in Human Affairs, 1966-1972; staff natural and environmental science division, Rockefeller Foundation, New York City, 1972-1975; professional staff for research and development policies and priorities, Office Technology Assessments, United States Congress, 1976-1979; member of staff for science policy and institution development, Carnegie Institute, Washington, 1979-1983; senior science policy advisor, Washington Resources, Inc., 1984-1989.

Achievements

• Christopher Wright has been listed as a notable Environmental scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Science Policies of Industrial Nations: Case Studies of the Unite
  • Science Policies of Industrial Nations: Case Studies of the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France, Japan and Sweden (Praeger special studies in international politics and government)

Membership

Member Commission to Study Organisation of Peace, from 1971, Commision on Year 2000, American Academy Arts and Sciences, 1967-1972. Consultant Brookings Institution, 1960, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1961-1963, Foreign Service Institute, Department State, 1964-1965, Holden Arboretum, 1970-1972, Josiah Macy, Junior Foundation,1975. Served with Army of the United States, 1945-1946.

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Connections

Married Anne Carolyn McCoy, Sept.15, 1956 (divorced April 1981). Children— Malcolm Morehead, Diana Sewall. Married Diana Gilliland Hanson, April 1, 1988.

Father:

Quincy Wright

Mother:

Louise Maxey (Leonard) Wright

Spouse:

Diana Gilliland Hanson

Spouse:

Anne Carolyn McCoy