James Wright is the 16th President of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, and has served in this position since 1998. A noted historian, he has been a member of the Dartmouth faculty since 1969, and has held numerous leadership posts at the College including Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Provost and Acting President. A specialist in American political history with a focus on the history of the American West, he is the author or editor of five books: The Galena Lead District: Federal Policy and Practices, 1824-1847 (1966); The West of the American People (1970); The Politics of Populism: Dissent in Colorado (1974); The Great Plains Experience: Readings in the History of a Region (1978); and The Progressive Yankees: Republican Reformers in New Hampshire (1987). For other places called Dartmouth, see Dartmouth Dartmouth College is a private university in Hanover, New Hampshire, and a member of the Ivy League. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Dartmouth is the name of some places in the world: Dartmouth, Devon, England. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Born in 1939 at Madison, Wisconsin, James Wright was raised in Galena, Illinois. After being graduated from Galena High School in 1957, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, serving for three years in postings that included California, Hawaii and Japan. Following his military service, he earned a bachelor's degree in history from Wisconsin State University (now the University of Wisconsin-Platteville). 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wisconsin State Capitol Madison is the capital of Wisconsin, a state of the United States of America. ... Downtown Galena Galena is a city located in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States armed forces. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... State nickname: The Aloha State Other U.S. States Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle Official languages Hawaiian and English Area 28,337 km² (43rd)  - Land 16,649 km²  - Water 11,672 km² (41. ...

His academic work as an undergraduate earned him prestigious fellowships from the Danforth Foundation and the IBM Corporation, making it possible for him to pursue graduate study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned master's and doctoral degrees in history. Under the mentorship of historian Allan G. Bogue, Wright became one of the pioneers in applying quantitative methods to his field. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) (NYSE: IBM) (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, and services. ... Quantitative methods are research methods concerned with numbers and anything that is quantifiable. ...

Immediately after receiving his Ph.D. in 1969, Wright joined Dartmouth's Department of History as an Assistant Professor, rising to Associate Professor in 1974 and Professor of History in 1980. An active researcher, he received between 1970 and 1980 a Social Science Research Council Grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Charles Warren Fellowship at Harvard. He also served as senior historian at the University of Mid-America (a consortium of nine Midwestern universities in Lincoln, Nebraska) in the 1976-1977 academic year, and as a member of the faculty of the Dartmouth Institute from 1981-1983. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses, see number 77. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see number 83. ...

From 1976-1978 Wright was senior historian for an award-winning, six-film series on the history of the Great Plains. He participated in conferences on "TV and the Historian" and "The Historian as Film-Maker" in 1978, and later served as chair of the American Historians Committee on Television, Film and Media. 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses, see number 78. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

James Wright served as Dean of the Faculty from 1989-1997 and as Acting President of the College during the first six months of 1995, while President James O. Freedman was on sabbatical. He has chaired a succession of key committees at the College, including a 1978-1980 committee that reviewed the curriculum and year-round education, and the committee whose work led to comprehensive changes in the Dartmouth undergraduate curriculum in 1993. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see number 97. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... James O. Freedman served as the 15th President of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH from 1987-1998. ... A sabbatical year is a prolonged hiatus, typically one year, in the career of an otherwise successful individual taken in order to fulfill some dream, e. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... For other uses, see number 80. ... In education, a curriculum (plural curricula) is the set of courses and their contents offered by an institution such as a school or university. ... In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ...

President Wright was named Acting Provost and then Provost in 1997. He was elected to the Dartmouth presidency in April 1998 and took office on August 1, 1998. This article is about the ecclesiastical title of provost. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

President Wright is a member of the Organization of American Historians, the Western History Association and the New Hampshire chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. He is a member of the board of trustees of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation. The Western History Association was organized in 1961 at Santa Fe, New Mexico, to promote the study of the North American West in its varied aspects and broadest sense. ...

President Wright is married to Susan DeBevoise Wright. He has two sons, a daughter and five grandchildren. Posted with permission from Dartmouth College (http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/features/succession/wright.html)

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