Career
Wright received his degree in mathematics at Earlham College in 1904, continuing on to his doctorate in 1913 at the University of California. He served as dean and president of Whittier College between 1917 and 1924, later returning to Earlham as an instructor and dean In 1931, he was hired by City College of New York as an instructor in 1931 and became the director of summer and evening sessions in 1939.
