Harry N. Wright
president of the City College of New York
Harry Noble Wright (1881-1969) served as the sixth president of the City College of New York between 1941 and 1953. Wright received his degree in mathematics at Earlham College in 1904, continuing on to receive both his master's degree (Class of 1911) and PhD (Class of 1913) at the University of California, Berkeley. He served as dean and president of Whittier College between 1917 and 1924, later returning to Earlham as an instructor and dean. Wright was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree from Whittier College in 1947. In 1931, he was hired by CCNY as an instructor in 1931 and became the director of summer and evening sessions in 1939.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21665139. VIAF identifies the subject as 311209467. The Library of Congress control number is n87810171. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1881, 1969, 1941 and 1953.
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