Cornell librarian Lucille N. Wright dies at age 93

Lucille (Neumann) Wright of Ithaca, N.Y., a librarian at Cornell's Martha Van Rensselaer Hall Library who also did agricultural bibliographical work in Cornell's Mann Library, died Aug. 25 at age 93.

Born Jan. 12, 1915, in Buffalo, N.Y., Wright earned her undergraduate and library degrees at the University of Buffalo and an M.A. in English from Cornell.

Before working at Cornell, she taught English in Eden, N.Y., and was a librarian at Eden High School, Bennett High School in Buffalo, Ithaca High School and at the White Plains Public Library.

She is predeceased by her husband, Carlton E. Wright, and is survived by two sons and four grandchildren.

Memorial gifts can be made to the First Congregational Church of Ithaca, 309 Highland Road, Ithaca, NY 14850; or to Cornell Library Associates, Library Public Affairs, Cornell, 214 John M. Olin Library, Ithaca, NY 14853.

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