Herbert Edgar Wright

Background

Wright, Herbert Edgar was born on September 13, 1917 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Herbert E. and Annie M. (Richardson) Wright.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1939; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1943; Doctor of Science (honorary), Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1966; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Minnesota, 1996; Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Lund U., Sweden, 1987.

Career

Instructor, Brown U., 1946-1947; assistant professor geology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1947-1951; associate professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1951-1959; professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1959-1974; Regents' professor geology, ecology and botany, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1974-1988; director, Limnological Research Center, 1963-1990.

Achievements

• Herbert Edgar Wright has been listed as a noteworthy Geologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society American (Annual award archeological division 1989, Distinguished Career award geology and geomorphology division 1992), Society American Archeology (Fryxell award 1993). Member NAS, Ecological Society American, American Society Limnology, Oceanography, American Quaternary Association (Career award 1996), Arctic Institute, British Ecological Society.

Connections

Married Rhea Jane Hahn, June 21, 1943. Children— Richard, Jonathan, Stephen, Andrew, Jeffrey.

Father:

Herbert E. Wright

Mother:

Annie M. (Richardson) Wright

Spouse:

Rhea Jane Hahn