James Wright (historian)

James Wright (historian)

Infobox University President


width = 150px
name = James Edward Wright
order = 16th
university = President of Dartmouth College
term_start = 1 August, 1998
term_end = present
birth_date = 1939
birth_place = Madison, Wisconsin
predecessor = James Oliver Freedman
alumnus = Wisconsin State University
residence = Hanover, New Hampshire
website = [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~presoff/ Office of the President] |

James Edward Wright (born 1939) is a historian and currently the sixteenth president of Dartmouth College, an Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire. He has served in this position since 1998, and has been a member of the Dartmouth faculty since 1969. In February 2008, it was announced that he would step down as President in June 2009. [cite news | url = http://thedartmouth.com/2008/02/04/news/wright/ | title = President Wright to step down in June of 2009 | first = Allie | last = Lowe | date = 2008-02-04 | work = The Dartmouth | accessdate = 2008-02-05 ]

Works

*"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).

References

External links

* [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~presoff President of Dartmouth College]
* [http://www.dartmouth.edu/ Dartmouth College]
* [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/features/succession/ Wheelock Succession]


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