Background

Wright, Robert Lee was born on September 3, 1919 in Algood, Tennessee, United States. Son of Denny and Bessie Lela (Phy) Wright.

Education

Student, Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, 1937-1940, 47; Bachelor of Laws, Vanderbilt University, 1950.

Career

Practice in, Cookeville, 1950; attorney, War Claims Commission, Washington, 1951; attorney, OPS, 1951-1952; attorney, real estate project manager, C.E., 1952-1956; with, Bowaters Southern Paper Corporation, Calhoun, Tennessee, 1956-1986; secretary, Bowaters Southern Paper Corporation, Calhoun, Tennessee, 1971-1986; general counsel, Bowaters Southern Paper Corporation, Calhoun, Tennessee, 1971-1986; also director. Secretary, general counsel, Bowater Carolina Corporation, Catawba, South Carolina., 1971-1986; practice law, Cleveland, Tennessee, 1986-1992. Director Terrain Inc., Atlanta, Stonecastle POA Inc., Crossville, Tennessee, vice president, since 1989.

Member Tennessee advisory board Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, 1976-1988. Lecturer real estate U. Tennessee, 1964-1965.

Achievements

• Bar: Tennessee 1949.

Membership

Served to 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Bradley County Bar Association (president 1968) Clubs: Cleveland Country, Walden, Elks, Cotillion.

Connections

Son of Denny and Bessie Lela (Phy) W. M. Lucille V. Hawkins, August 11, 1951. 1 daughter, Mary Wright Dorflinger.

father:

Denny Wright

mother:

Bessie Lela (Phy) Wright

spouse:

Lucille V. Hawkins