James Claude Wright

Abt 1905 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	James Claude Wright
  Born	Abt 1905
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I4545	Jerry Milo Johnson
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

  
  

  Family	Edith Jane Masters,   b. 26 Mar 1905, Iowa ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Aft 1920
  Divorced	Bef 1930
  Children	1. Claude Fee Wright,   b. 13 Apr 1925, Missouri ,   d. 07 Feb 2006, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio  (Age 80 years)  [Natural]
  Family ID	F1561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Medical):\par # http://genforum.genealogy.com/wright/messages/15708.html ´uª0 James C. Wright would have been born around 1905. He originally married Edith Jane´uª0 ´uª0 Masters. They´uª0 ´uª0 had a son - ´uª0 Claude Fee Wright (My father). James and Edith divorced when my father was very very´uª0 ´uª0 young. I´uª0 ´uª0 know nothing of my biological grandfather - James C. Wright - except that he may´uª0 ´uª0 have been a´uª0 ´uª0 professor of English and he died of cancer in Missouri in the early 1980's. If you´uª0 ´uª0 have ANY´uª0 ´uª0 information on the family line of James C. Wright please let me know. ´uª0 #http://genforum.genealogy.com/wright/messages/15762.html ´uª0 I obtained the following additional information: ´uª0 James Claude Wright was the Superintendent of the schools for the State of Iowa. Prior to that´uª0 ´uª0 he was´uª0 ´uª0 the superintendent of schools for Keokuk, Iowa which is where he is buried. He was a´uª0 ´uª0 naval officer in´uª0 ´uª0 WW II. He was a runner in college at the Iowa University in Drake. ´uª0 I am still looking for his family geneology as he is the grandfather I never knew. If you have´uª0 ´uª0 any´uª0 ´uª0 information please help. Thanks. ´uª0 # http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/MSC/ToMsc300/MsC296/Msc296_wright.html ´uª0 Biographical Note ´uª0 Educator James Claude Wright was born in Kansas in 1903. He received his B.A. from Drake´uª0 ´uª0 University in Des Moines, Iowa, and his M.A. from the University of Iowa. He spent´uª0 ´uª0 twenty-seven´uª0 ´uª0 years in the Keokuk school system, first as a teacher and coach, then as the high´uª0 ´uª0 school principal, and´uª0 ´uª0 finally as the superintendent of schools. In 1955, Wright was appointed´uª0 ´uª0 State Superintendent of Public´uª0 ´uª0 Instruction in Iowa. He was responsible for closing many small´uª0 ´uª0 town schools and reorganizing many´uª0 ´uª0 Iowa school districts. Because of these and other´uª0 ´uª0 controversial actions, he was not reappointed in 1960.´uª0 ´uª0 Moving to Washington, D.C. in 1961, he´uª0 ´uª0 became secretary of the Committee for the Advancement of´uª0 ´uª0 School Administration. In 1963, he´uª0 ´uª0 accepted the position of director of education in American Samoa.´uª0 ´uª0 Returning to the continental´uª0 ´uª0 United States, he became a professor of education at Northeast Missouri´uª0 ´uª0 State Teachers College´uª0 ´uª0 in Kirksville, Missouri. He remained there until his retirement. ´uª0 Scope and Contents ´uª0 The papers of James C. Wright measure seven linear feet and date from 1933 to 1971. His´uª0 ´uª0 career as´uª0 ´uª0 an educator is documented with correspondence, speeches, clippings, articles, and´uª0 ´uª0 subject files. The´uª0 ´uª0 correspondence fills almost four boxes and spans nearly forty years. Subject´uª0 ´uª0 files exist on a wide´uª0 ´uª0 variety of topics relating to education. These include school district´uª0 ´uª0 reorganization in Iowa, the Iowa´uª0 ´uª0 Department of Public Instruction, the Committee for the´uª0 ´uª0 Advancement of School Administration,´uª0 ´uª0 education in American Samoa, the Iowa Schoolmasters´uª0 ´uª0 Walt Whitman Club, and education in Keokuk,´uª0 ´uª0 Iowa. There are also folders of his speeches and´uª0 ´uª0 articles, and a box of photographs. ´uª0 # http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright5.html#RXP1DBW9K ´uª0 Wright, J. C. - of Lee County, Iowa. Iowa superintendent of public instruction, 1955-61. Still´uª0 ´uª0 living as´uª0 ´uª0 of 1961.´/uª (Research):\par