Background
Wright, Richard Owen was born on January 16, 1942 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph R. and Marion L. (Arnold) Wright.
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Wright, Richard Owen was born on January 16, 1942 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph R. and Marion L. (Arnold) Wright.
Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1964; Juris Doctor, University of Wisconsin, 1967.
Associate, Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, Milwaukee, 1968-1971; director, Legal Center, Chicago, 1971-1974; district attorney, Marquette County, Montello, Wisconsin, 1975-1983; partner, Thompson & Wright, Oxford, Wisconsin, 1974-1979; shareholder, Richard O. Wright Law Offices South Carolina, Oxford, Wisconsin, since 1979; president, Great Glacier, Inc., Princeton, Minnesota, since 1988.
Director Legal Center, Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, Chicago, 1971-1974. State chairman American Conservative Union, Wisconsin, since 1968. State chairman Young Americans for Freedom, 1968-1970.
With United States Army, 1968. Member Illinois Bar Association, Wisconsin Bar Association, Philadelphia Society, Ducks Unlimited (chapter president 1984-1986), Rotary (chapter president 1977-1978).
Married Louise Iovino, March 10, 1973 (divorced 1982). Married Sandra K. Lohberg, May 7, 1983. Children: Laurie Beda, David C. Nissen.