Background
II, John C. Wright was born on June 16, 1927 in Sodus, New York, United States. Son of John Embry and Frances Louise (Horton) W.
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John C. Wright II
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Bachelor, U. Buffalo, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, New York Medical College, 1955.
Career
Intern, Waterbury (Connecticut) Hospital, 1955-1956; resident in medicine, Waterbury (Connecticut) Hospital, 1956-1957; private practice, Manchester, Connecticut, 1957-1972; director, Family Practice Residency Program, Middletown, Connecticut, 1972-1975; assistant professor department community medicine, U. Connecticut, 1972-1975; vice chairman, associate professor department family practice, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio., 1975-1978; associate professor department family practice, U. Louisville, 1978-1992; professor, U. Louisville, 1992-1995; department chairman family practice, U. Louisville, 1978-1981; director geriatric programs, U. Louisville, 1981-1992; director predoctoral education, U. Louisville, 1978-1986; chief geriatric division, U. Louisville, 1990-1992; acting director Urban Center on Aging, U. Louisville, 1985-1991; professor emeritus, U. Louisville, since 1995. Medical director Hurstbourne Care Center at Stony Brook, Louisville, since 1991, Christian Health Center, Louisville, 1985-1992. Member of staff St. Anthony Hospital, Louisville, 1978-1990, University Hospital, U. Louisville, since 1983, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Dayton, 1976-1978, Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, 1976-1978, Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, 1976-1978, Children's Medical Center, Dayton, 1976-1978, Frazier Rehabilitation Center Inc., Louisville, since 1986, Jewish Hospital, Louisville, since 1989, Audubon Hospital, Louisville, since 1992, Kosair Children'sHosp., Louisville, since 1990.
Achievements
Membership
Member health care and education committee Louisville and Jefferson County Board Health, 1979-1981. Member vestry St. Francis in the Fields Episcopalian Church, 1983-1986, member choir, 1978-1990. Founding member, chair Lifespan: A Teaching Gerontologic Cmty., 1987-1990.
Member National Ski Patrol, since 1981. With United States Naval Reserve, 1946-1947. Fellow American Academy Family Physicians.
Member American Medical Association, American Geriatric Society, Society Teachers of Family Medicine, Kentucky Medical Association, Jefferson County Medical Association, American Medical Dirs. Association (certified), American Heart Association (member county on epidemiology section on hypertension).
Connections
Married Jane A. Atwood, Oct.27, 1956 (deceased August 1990). Children: Kim A., Tamilyn A. Jerilyn A., John C. III.
