Willard Jurey Wright ’36

Bill, from a long line of Princetonians, died of cancer Nov. 26, 1997. He prepared at Lakeside School, where he served over 50 years as a trustee and/or board president. At Princeton he graduated with honors, majored in politics, and was president of Quadrangle Club. He served 10 years on our Alumni Council, led major Annual Giving campaigns, and was a Princeton trustee. He graduated with honors in 1939 from the U. of Washington's Law School.

During WWII, he studied Japanese and saw Naval Intelligence duty in China as a lieutenant (jg).

In 1969 he cofounded the large law firm of Davis, Wright Tremaine. He was president of the Seattle-King County Bar Assn. and the university's Law School Alumni Assn.

He served the Episcopal Church at the parish, diocesan, and national levels, receiving the Bishop's Cross.

A giant in his community, he was an officer, director, or both on over 35 corporate and nonprofit boards.

Long active in state-level politics, he was a delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention.

Bill's first wife, Alice A., died in 1969. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Katharyn S., children Alice Hyde, Susan Reed, Rosemary Steven, Raymond G. II '69, Anne Little, Gwendolyn Brinkley, and Kathy Gildea, sister Elizabeth Massie, and 13 grandchildren.

Bill was an extraordinary individual. He will be missed.

The Class of 1936