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LEST WE FORGET..

HERBERT H. WRIGHT
March 3, 1915 - January 12, 1981
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Philip Morris exec. buried

Herbert H. Wright, Executive Director of Urban Affairs of Philip Morris Incorporated, died in New York Hospital following a long illness. He was 65.
Active in community affairs, Mr. Wright was one of the early leaders of minority rights causes in business, having served as a founder and chairman of the National Association of Market Developers. He was also a founding member of the Julius A. Thomas Society of the National Urban League and served actively in several other organizations, including the Masons, Rotary International, Shriners and Elks.

Mr. Wright joined Philip Morris in 1945 as a salesman and was later promoted to a College Supervisor and then to the Public Relations staff.

In 1971, at the direction of the President of Philip Morris Incorporated, Mr. Wright supervised and was the chief author of Philip Morris' first company-wide study on corporate social responsibility which included an analysis of civic and community programs at all company locations.

Born in Tallahassee, Fla., Mr. Wright was the son of the late Rev. John Clarence Wright and Addie Streator Wright. He was graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, where he majored in business administration.
He also attended Brick Junior College in North Carolina and Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

In recent years Mr. Wright was headquartered in North Miami Beach, Fla.
Mr. Wright is survived by his wife, Elfreda; two sisters, Mrs. Peggy Wood of Syracuse, N.Y. and Mrs Yvonne Knox

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