Tom Z. WRIGHT

Background

Wright, Tom Z. was born on April 1, 1908 in near Balko, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Ulysses and Penelophy (Zimmerman) Wright.

Education

University of Oklahoma (Bachelor of Science, 1929. Bachelor of Laws, 1934). Yale University (Juris Scientiae Doctor, 1942).

Phi Alpha Delta.

Career

Private practice, Fairview, Oklahoma, 1934-1936; private practice, Woodward, Oklahoma, since 1946; member, Wright, Lowrey & Williams, 1956-1979; partner, Wright & Laubhan, 1979-1984; partner, Wright, Jackson & Jackson, since 1984. Associate professor business law Southern Methodist U., 1946, Oklahoma U., 1948. Legal member Oklahoma Selective Service System Board Appeal, Western district Oklahoma, 1952-1972.

Achievements

• Tom Z. Wright has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Oklahoma House of Representatives, 1932-1936. Board directors Plains Indians and Pioneer History Foundation, 1956-1969, 73-88, president, 1977-1982. Captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945.

Member American Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Association (board bar examiners 1966-1970), Woodward County Bar Association (president 1952, 56, 65), Masons, Elks, Kiwanis (district secretary 1948), Delta Chi, Phi Alpha Delta, Alpha Kappa Psi.

Connections

Married Mary Grace Seymore, April 6, 1947. Children: Thomas Z. II, Helen Ruth.

Father:

Ulysses Wright

Mother:

Penelophy (Zimmerman) Wright

Spouse:

Mary Grace Seymore

child:

Helen Ruth Wright

child:

Thomas Z. II Wright