Stanley Willard Wright

Background

Wright, Stanley Willard was born on March 27, 1921 in Chico, California, United States. Son of Carol Willard and Dorothy (Cooper) Wright.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Rochester, 1944.

Career

Intern, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1944-1945, a-st. resident, 1948-1949, chief resident, 1949-1950. Assistant resident Children’s Hospital, Boston, Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, 1950-1952. Professor department pediatrics University of California Medical School at Los Angeles, until 1971, grantee Mental Retardation Research Center.

Achievements

• Stanley Willard Wright has been listed as a noteworthy physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served from First lieutenant to captain, Military Cross, Australia, 1946-1948. Named Distinguished fellow American Psychiatric Society, 1971. Diplomate American Board Pediatrics.

Member American Pediatric Society, American Association on Mental Deficiency, American Society Human Genetics, American Academy Pediatrics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Western Society for Clinical Investigation, Western Society for Pediatric Research (president 1963), Society for Pediatric Research, Los Angeles County Medical Association, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Phyllis Mann, November 16, 1946. Children: Carol Lynn, Brian Cooper.

Father:

Carol Willard Wright

Mother:

Dorothy (Cooper) Wright

Spouse:

Phyllis Mann

child:

Carol Lynn Wright

child:

Brian Cooper Wright