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 Brooks Wright
May 24, 2005
Brooks Wright, 82, of Sweetwood Retirement Community died Tuesday at home after a long illness.
Born in Cambridge on Oct. 14, 1922, son of Charles H.C. and Elizabeth L. Woodman Wright, he graduated with honors from Harvard College in 1943 and received his doctorate in English from Harvard in 1950.
An Army Air Forces veteran of World War II, he served in the China-Burma-India theater as a sergeant and cryptographic technician.
His unit received a Distinguished Unit Citation.
Mr. Wright taught Asian literature at the City College of New York from 1950 to 1985. He also wrote several books.
He leaves his wife of 50 years, the former Mary Elizabeth Rankin; a son, Aldrich Wright of New York City; two daughters, Anne Wright of Albuquerque, N.M., and Martha Wright of Worcester; a brother, C. Conrad Wright of Cambridge, and four grandchildren.
FUNERAL NOTICE -- A memorial service to celebrate the life of Brooks Wright, who died May 24, 2005, will be conducted Saturday, May 28, at 11 at Sweetwood, Williamstown, by the Rev. Carrie Bail, pastor of First Congregational Church of Williamstown.
Donations in his memory may be made to First Congregational Church of Williamstown through FLYNN & DAGNOLI-MONTAGNA HOME FOR FUNERALS, West Chapels, 521 West Main St., North Adams.
Survivors include four grandchildren, Charles Jacob Wright, Noah Paul Wright, Jennifer Elizabeth Johnson and Kimberly Caitlyn Johnson.
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