JAMES EDWARD WRIGHT

(James Wright)


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  • Born: August 16, 1939
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James Wright is President Emeritus and Eleazar Wheelock Professor of History Emeritus at Dartmouth College. The 16th President in the Wheelock Succession, he served as Dartmouth president from 1998 until 2009. He joined the Dartmouth History Department in 1969 and served as dean of faculty from 1989 to 1997 and as provost from 1997 to 1998. Wright received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville and a masters and doctoral degree in history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.