Eleanor Straub Wright

Background

Wright, Eleanor Straub was born on June 25, 1923 in St. Louis. Daughter of Charles H. and Edna C. (Schulz) Straub.

Education

Associate of Arts, Monticello College, 1943; BJ, Master of Science, Northwestern University, 1945.

Career

Society reporter St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1945-1947. Public relations staff Community Chest, Trenton, New Jersey, 1947-1950. Columnist Webster News-Times, Webster Groves, Missouri, 1955-1960.

Assistant editor Barks Publications, St. Louis and Chicago, 1964-1974. Editor St. Louis County Observer, Maplewood, Missouri, 1974-1976. Freelance consultant Bicentennial, St. Louis, 1976-1977.

Associate in information service Lawrence Institute of Technology, Southfield, Michigan, 1978-1979. Associate professor Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, 1979-1993. Retired, 1993.

Achievements

• Eleanor Straub Wright has been listed as a noteworthy communications educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary, trustee Westwood Board Education, Dearborn Heights, Michigan, 1987-1991, president 1993-1996. Member Women in Communications (past president St. Louis chapter, Headliner award Detroit chapter 1986, Faculty Advisor of Year award 1988), Public Relations Society of America, Golden Key, APR.

Interests

• Avocation: photography.

Connections

Married James Arden Wright, June 21, 1947. Children: Carolyn L. Wright Whitton, Elizabeth A. Wright Tomlin.

Father:

Charles H. Straub

Mother:

Edna C. (Schulz) Straub

Spouse:

James Arden Wright

child:

Carolyn L. Wright Whitton Wright

child:

Elizabeth A. Wright Tomlin Wright