Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wright, Harold James February 16, 1975
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Virginian Pilot February 18, 1975

                 Rear Adm. H. J. Wright, Ex-Old Dominion Dean

NORFOLK -  Retired Rear Adm. Harold J. Wright, 81, of 1025 Westover Ave., World 
War II veteran and former Dean of Men of Old Dominion College, died Sunday in 
Portsmouth Naval Hospital.
A native of New York City, he lived here since 1949. He was the husband of Mrs. 
Helen Cahill Wright.
He was the youngest American naval officer appointed to the planning staff for 
the invasion of Normandy.
He initially was a teacher when the college was the Norfolk Division of the 
College of William and Mary. From 1954 through 1963 he was Dean of Men at ODC, 
which later became ODU.
He was a graduate of the City College of New York, which awarded him the 
Townsend-Harris Medal
For World War II service he was awarded the Bronze Star and Naval Unit Citation. 
He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Besides his widow, survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Henry A. Davenport of 
Roanoke and Mrs. Barbara W. Tyler of Stamford, Conn.; two sisters, Mrs. Louise 
Bouche of New York and Mrs. John S. Chodan of Berkeley, Calif.; six 
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held Wednesday at noon in Sacred Heart Catholic Church 
with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments has charge.
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WRIGHT, RETIRED REAR ADMIRAL HAROLD J. - In a Portsmouth hospital Sunday, 
RETIRED REAR ADMIRAL HAROLD J. WRIGHT, husband of Mrs. Helen Cahill Wright and 
son of the late Dr. John and Mrs. Mary Wright, in the 82nd year of his age.  The 
body will be taken from the H. D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk, to Sacred Heart 
Catholic Church for the joyful Mass of the Resurrection, Wednesday at 12.

Virginian-Pilot  February 19, 1975


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