Jon Alan Wright

Background

Wright, Jon Alan was born on January 18, 1938 in Tacoma, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Edward S. and Peggy (Hawley) Wright.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Cal Tech, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 1965.

Career

Staff physicist, Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, 1965; postdoctoral physicist, University of California, San Diego, 1965-1967; professor physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1967-1982; director, Center for Studies of Non-Linear Dynamics, San Diego, since 1982; research physicist, University of California, San Diego, since 1990. Visiting professor U. Utrecht, Netherlands, 1976. Visiting associate professor Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1973.

Achievements

• Jon Alan Wright has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Barbara McCulley, January 27, 1962. Children: Jeffrey, Allison, Dana.

Father:

Edward S. Wright

Mother:

Peggy (Hawley) Wright

Spouse:

Barbara McCulley

child:

Allison Wright

child:

Dana Wright

child:

Jeffrey Wright