Robert Herring Wright, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRobert Herring Wright
President of East Carolina Teacher Training School
Date of Birth: 21-May-1870
Place of Birth: Sampson County, North Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 25-Apr-1934
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Robert Herring Wright
- Robert Herring Wright (May 21, 1870 – April 25, 1934) was the first president of East Carolina Teachers Training School.
- Wright received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1897 from the University of North Carolina.
- He completed further education at Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University.
- He held many teaching posts until he was asked by Thomas Jordan Jarvis to serve as the first president in 1909.
- By 1920, Wright successfully lobbied the North Carolina state legislature to approve a four-year curriculum, which forced a re-charter and name change to East Carolina Teachers College.
- The Wright Building on the main campus at ECU is named for him.
- He died of a heart attack in 1934.
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