Background
Wright, Helen Patton was born on January 15, 1919 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Raymond Stanton and Virginia (Mitchell) Patton.
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Helen Patton Wright
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Education
Student, Sweet Briar College, 1938. Graduate, Washington School Secretaries, 1939. Graduate, American University, 1989.
Career
Teacher Washington School Secretaries, New York City, 1939-1940. Secretary The White House, 1941-1943, American Embassy, London, 1943-1945. Assistant to executive director Senate Atomic Energy Committee, 1946-1947.
Board directors Constitution Project, 2001—2007.
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Membership
Vice president, member budget and admissions committee United Fund New Orleans, 1960-1962. Chairman metropolitan division, campaign. Vice president Department Public Welfare, Orleans Parish and City New Orleans, 1960-1962, Milne Asylum for Destitute Orphan Boys, New Orleans, 1958-1962.
Member board New Orleans Social Welfare Planning Council, 1954-1962, New Orleans Cancer Society, 1958-1960. Vice president Juvenile Court Advisory Committee New Orleans, 1961. Successively secretary, vice president, president Parents' Association Metairie Park Country Day School, 1956-1959.
Vice president Louisiana Association Mental Health, 1960-1962. Delegate director to National Association Mental Health, 1960-1962. Board member Washington Health and Welfare Council, 1962-1964, Hillcrest Children's Center, Washington, 1963-1969, District of Columbia Mental Health Association, 1962-1972, 73-76.
Board directors Hospice Care of District of Columbia, 1981-1988, 90-96, president, 1986-1988. Member advisory board civil commitment project National Center for State Courts, 1981. Board directors National Association Mental Health, 1960-1966, 67-74, secretary, 1968-1970, president-elect, 1970-1971, president, 1972-1973, consultant on association film, 1972.
Member commission on mentally disabled American Bar Association, 1973-1980, commission on legal problems of elderly, 1997. Member advisory board Alzheimer's Association Greater Washington chapter, 1996, board directors Constitution Project. Chairman altar guild Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans, 1960, Little Sanctuary of St. Albans School, Washington, 1965.
President Altar Guild, St. Alban's Church, 1976, 77. Chairman Washington committee National Cathedral Association, 1976-1979, trustee, 1976-1990, secretary, 1977, vice president, 1980-1983, trustee emeritae, 1997. Board directors National Center Voluntary Action.
Member task panel Mental Health Problems, Scope and Boundaries, President's Commission Mental Health, 1977. Member technical review committee Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, 1979-1981. Member American Bar Association (commission on legal problems of the elderly 1997-1999).
Connections
Married James Skelly Wright, February 1, 1945 (deceased 1988). 1 son, James Skelly; Married John H. Pickering, February 3, 1990 (deceased, 2005).
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Nationality
American
Education
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1938
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1939
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1989