Horace Caldwell Wright

Background

Wright, Horace Caldwell was born on September 2, 1881 in Rogersville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Joseph and Mary (Kite) Wright.

Education

Educated McMinn Academy.

Career

In charge general store Johann Wolfgang Davis, Morristown, Tennessee, 1902. Clerk Belknap Hardware & Manufacturing Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1902-1903. Assistant buyer Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Company, Chicago, 1903, later buyer.

With Chicago (Illinois) Flexible Shaft Company (now Sunbeam Corporation), 1913, managing director Australian Subsidiary, 1914-1923, assistant to president, Chicago, 1923-1927, vice-president and assistant general manager, 1927-1935, president and general manager, 1935-1944, chairman, since 1944. Director, Canton Glass Company, Inc.

Membership

Member Museum of Natural History. Club: Union League (Chicago.

Connections

Married Julia D. Phipps, May 27, 1907. Children: Ellen, Frances, William, Joyce (deceased).

Father:

Joseph Wright

Mother:

Mary (Kite) Wright

Spouse:

Julia D. Phipps

child:

Joyce Wright (deceased)

child:

William Wright

child:

Frances Wright

child:

Ellen Wright