Theodore Paul Wright was a U.S. aeronautical engineer and educator. Born in Galesburg

Galesburg

Galesburg is the name of some places in the United States of America:*Galesburg, Illinois, the largest city in the US named Galesburg*Galesburg, Kansas*Galesburg, Michigan*Galesburg, North Dakota...

, Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

, he served as acting president of Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

 in 1951. Theodore P. Wright served as administrator of the Civil Aeronautics Administration

Civil Aeronautics Administration

Civil Aeronautics Administration may refer to:*Civil Aeronautics Administration - a division of Ministry of Transportation and Communication, Executive Yuan, Republic of China...

 during 1944 - 1948.

His brothers were the geneticist Sewall Wright

Sewall Wright

Sewall Green Wright was an American geneticist known for his influential work on evolutionary theory and also for his work on path analysis. With R. A. Fisher and J.B.S. Haldane, he was a founder of theoretical population genetics. He is the discoverer of the inbreeding coefficient and of...

, and the political scientist Quincy Wright

Quincy Wright

Philip Quincy Wright was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work and expertise in international law and international relations.- Biography :...

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T. P. Wright is famous for the discussion of the learning curve

Learning curve

A learning curve is a graphical representation of the changing rate of learning for a given activity or tool. Typically, the increase in retention of information is sharpest after the initial attempts, and then gradually evens out, meaning that less and less new information is retained after each...

 in aircraft industry

Aircraft industry

The aircraft industry is the industry supporting aviation by building aircraft and manufacturing aircraft parts for their maintenance. This includes aircraft and parts used for civil aviation and military aviation. Most production is done pursuant to type certificates and Defense Standards issued...

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