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Howard Emery Wright

Born: 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: 1988


Education

  • 1932 B.A. from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania
  • 1933 M.A. in Psychology from Ohio State University
  • 1946 Ph.D. in Psychology from Ohio State University

Landmarks

  • 1933 Principal of the Campus Laboratory School at Albany State College in Georgia.
  • 1936-1939 Principal of Aracoma High School in Logan West Virginia.
  • 1940-1945 Principal of the Campus Laboratory School at Prairie View College in Texas. He was also associate professor of education and director of teacher training at Prairie View.
  • 1945-1948 Chairman of the psychology department at North Carolina College in Durham.
  • 1948-1953 Chairman of the division of education and psychology at Texas Southern University.
  • 1953 Returned to North Carolina to reassume the chairmanship of the psychology department.
  • 1961 Appointed president of Allen University in South Carolina.
  • 1965 Regional director of Community Action Programs fro the Office of Economic Opportunity in Washington, D.C.
  • 1966-1967 Branch chief of the Division of College Support for the U.S. Office of Education.
  • 1967 Accepted the academic deanship at Maryland State College in Princess Anne, Maryland.
  • 1970 Acting chancellor at the University of Maryland.
  • 1972 Director, Division of Social Sciences at Hampton Institute in Virginia.
  • 1974 Professor of psychology at Salisbury State College in Maryland.
  • He served as a board member of the Home for Dependent Children in (Houston, Texas), Child Guidance Clinic (Durham, North Carolina), and Advisory Committee to the Civil Rights Commission and Vice President of Victory Savings Bank (Columbia, South Carolina).

Contributions

  • He researched the areas of social psychology and attitudinal testing.

Affiliations

  • The Elks
  • The Masons
  • Omega Psi Phi fraternity
  • American Association of University Professors
  • American Psychological Association

Keywords

  • Education
  • Social psychology attitudinal testing

Selected Works and Publications

  • “An Analysis of Results with Certain Tests of Interests and Attitudes”
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