Robert Herring Wright
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Robert Herring Wright was the first president of East Carolina Teachers Training School
. Wright received his Bachelor of Art degree in 1897 from the University of North Carolina
. He completed further education at Johns Hopkins University
and Columbia University
. He held many teaching post until he was asked to serve as the first president in 1909. The Wright Building on the main campus at ECU is named for him. He died of a heart attack in 1934.
East Carolina University
East Carolina University is a public, coeducational, engaged doctoral/research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statute and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina, the university is the largest institution of higher learning in...
. Wright received his Bachelor of Art degree in 1897 from the University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
. He completed further education at Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
and Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. He held many teaching post until he was asked to serve as the first president in 1909. The Wright Building on the main campus at ECU is named for him. He died of a heart attack in 1934.