Douglass Brownell Wright

Background

Wright, Douglass Brownell was born on May 30, 1912 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Arthur Brownell and Sylvia (Stephens) Wright.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1933; Bachelor of Laws, Hartford College Law, 1937.

Career

Legal department, Aetna Life Insurance Company, 1937-1939; partner, Davis, Lee, Howard & Wright, Hartford, since 1939; lecturer law, University Connecticut, since 1946; assistant state's attorney, State of Connecticut, 1952-1959; judge, Connecticut Circuit Court, 1959-1965; judge, Connecticut Superior Court, since 1965. Leader orchestra Judge Wright and the Four Wrongs.

Achievements

• Douglass Brownell Wright has been listed as a reputable judge, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Supplement to Connecticut Law of Torts 1993
  • Connecticut law of torts,

Membership

Secretary, director Captioned Films for the Deaf, Inc. Board directors, president American School for Deaf, since 1942. Trustee Hartt Museum Foundation, since 1949, Good Will Boys Club Hartford, since 1950.

Regent University Hartford. Board directors Visiting Nurse Association, Newington Home for Crippled Children, Hartford Times Farm, Loomis School. Incorporator Connecticut Institute for Blind.

Served as lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Psi Upsilon. Clubs: University (Hartford), Hartford Golf (Hartford), Hartford Tennis (Hartford), 20th Century (Hartford).

Coral Beach and Tennis (Bermuda). Hillsboro (Pompano Beach, Florida).

Connections

Married Jane Hamersley, September 24, 1938 (deceased February 1997). Children: Jane C., Douglass B., Hamersley S., Elizabeth B., Arthur W. Married Ann Hallowell Ferguson, November, 1999.

Father:

Arthur Brownell Wright

Mother:

Sylvia (Stephens) Wright

Spouse:

Ann Hallowell Ferguson

Spouse:

Jane Hamersley

child:

Hamersley S. Wright

child:

Elizabeth B. Wright

child:

Douglass B. Wright

child:

Arthur W. Wright

child:

Jane C. Wright