Researching Bob Wright
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The name Bob means "Form of ROBERT - Bright fame" and is of German origin.
Records of Bob Wright on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bob Wright and the Wright Genealogy
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Bob Wright
Robert Charles Wright (born April 23, 1943) is an American lawyer, businessman, and author. He is a former NBC executive, having served as president and CEO from 1986 to 2001, and chairman and CEO from 2001 until he retired in 2007. He has been credited with overseeing the broadcast network's expansion into a media conglomerate and leading the company to record earnings in the 1990s. Prior to NBC, he held several posts at General Electric in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. He served as President and CEO of GE Capital, GE Financial Services 1983 to 1986 and served as GE's vice chairman until he retired from that role in 2008.
In 2005, Wright and his late wife, Suzanne Wright, founded Autism Speaks. In 2016, after his wife's death from pancreatic cancer, Wright established the Suzanne Wright Foundation, which funds research for pancreatic cancer. Through the Suzanne Wright Foundation, he is also currently leading an initiative to establish a Health Advanced Research Projects Agency, or HARPA, which would be a government research agency modeled after the U.S. Department of Defense's DARPA.
Source: Bob Wright, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBob Wright (greyhound trainer)
Robert Wright (1886–1943) was an English greyhound trainer, and the second eldest son of Joe Wright, who had achieved training success with two Waterloo Cup winners in the late 19th century. A member of a famous family of greyhound trainers for the Waterloo Cup and a well-known figure on the track, Bob, as he was known, trained for many years at La Mancha Kennels, Halsall, near Ormskirk, Lancashire. There he trained for Major Cuthbert Blundell and Mr H Pilkington.
The following is a list of the Waterloo Cup winning greyhounds that he trained:*1925 Pentonville*1930 Church Street*1932 Ben Tinto
Source: Bob Wright (greyhound trainer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBob Wright (basketball)
Robert G. Wright (March 31, 1926 – April 15, 2012) was an American college basketball coach. He coached Morehead State University for three seasons, and won a Kentucky high school state championship in 1961 as coach of the Ashland High School.
Wright played collegiate basketball at Marshall. After a stint in the United States Navy, Wright became a successful high school coach for Ashland and Vanceburg High School. In 1965, he left to try his hand at college coaching at Morehead State. He stayed from 1965 to 1969, accumulating a record of 58-38. His 1968–69 Eagles squad were Ohio Valley Conference co-champions with an 18–9 season record. He then left coaching to pursue a career in education.
On April 15, 2012, Wright died at the age of 86 in Pikeville, Kentucky.
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