Howard Emery Wright was born in 1908 in Philadelphia to William and Evelyn Wright. He attended elementary school in Washington D.C. He was a graduate of Atlantic City High School

Atlantic City High School

Atlantic City High School is a four-year public high school located in Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Atlantic City School District. The current school building opened in 1994 and holds approximately 2,500 students...

 in New Jersey.

Undergraduate and Graduate years

Wright received a Bachelor's degree from Lincoln University

Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)

Lincoln University is the United States' first degree-granting historically black university. It is located near the town of Oxford in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. The university also hosts a Center for Graduate Studies in the City of Philadelphia. Lincoln University provides...

 in Pennsylvania in 1932. He received a Master's degree from Ohio State University in 1933. He received a PhD in psychology at Ohio Sate University in 1946.

Careers

Wright became principal of the Campus Laboratory School at Albany State College in Georgia at age twenty five until 1934. He principal at a school in West Virginia called Aracoma High School(1936 to 1939). At the Campus Laboratory School at Prairie View College in Texas he was principal from 1940 to 1945. At this school he also held positions as associate professor of education and director of teacher training. He was teacher assistant at Ohio State University

Ohio State University

The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

. At North Carolina College in Durham he was chairman in the psychology department (1945–1948).
When he left there he became chairman of education at Southern University

Southern University

Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...

 until 1953. He became president of Allen University

Allen University

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 in South Carolina in 1961. In Washington , D.C. wright became regional director of Community Action Programs for the Office of Opportunity. He was dean at Maryland State College

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

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in 1967.

Membership

Wright was a board member of the Home for Dependent Children, Child Guidance Clinic,Advisory committee to Civil rights, and Vice president of Victory Savings Bank.