Thomas W. D. Wright

OGB Service: 1975–1982

Thomas William Dunstan Wright, FAIA, earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in architecture from Harvard University before serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He practiced architecture with Leon Brown in Washington, D.C., beginning in 1951, and as a partner of the firm Brown & Wright until 1980, when he established a solo practice. His projects included single- and multifamily housing, public housing, restaurants and shopping centers, historic restorations, and chanceries for the U.S. Department of State. He was active in planning and housing organizations, serving on the District of Columbia Planning Commission and as president of the Washington chapter of the American Institute of Architects.