William P. Wright Jr. ’33

HOW DO we deal with the death of Bill Wright, who died in England June 23, 1990? He was such a leading figure in the Class, not the least of his contributions being the procurement of the brilliant orangeandblack cloth for our reunion jackets, which have been so conspicuous a sight at reunions for many years.

Bill was born May 5,1912, in East Greenwich, R.I. He later lived in N.Y., and prepared at Horace Mann. In college Bill was on the DAILY PRINCETONIAN, in the Glee Club and Cloister Inn, and roomed with Oscar Mertz,

After graduation Bill joined Greenwood Mills, a Manhattan textile company, with whom he remained until 1955, except for five years in the Air Force. He remained in the A.F. Reserve, as a colonel.

In 1955 Bill joined J. Walter Thompson as a V.P., and in 1965 founded his own silk importing business, Koryo, in Princeton, retiring as its president in 1979.

Among many distinctions, Bill served as deputy secretary of the Air Force and in the office of Export Production. He was secretary of the Class from 19531963, and was chairman of the executive committee of the Alumni Council.

In 1937 Bill married Eula Lee McKnight, who died in 1972. They had four children, Nancy Lee Alter, W. P. III '63, James L., and Elizabeth Wright; and five grandchildren. In Dec. 1973 Bill married Sheila Anderson, who survives him. To her, and to all the family the Class of '33 extends its deep sympathy in our mutual loss.

The Class of 1933