William P. “Dub” Wright

Oil Executive, Longtime HSU BOT Chair

威廉·帕克·“杜布”·赖特于1905年11月21日出生在德克萨斯州的阿尔沃德. When he was a young boy, 赖特的家人搬到了阿比林，在那里他上了一段时间的学校，然后全家搬到了达拉斯，最后搬到了俄克拉何马州. 他毕业于俄克拉荷马城高中，然后进入俄克拉荷马大学学习医学，然后转到工商管理专业，并转到贝勒大学.

In 1927, due to a reversal in his father’s business, a lack of funds forced Wright to give up his college career. 他开始为位于韦科的海湾石油公司工作，从最底层的加油站服务员做起. 尽管大萧条时期困难重重，赖特很快就爬上了梯子的顶端. After a variety of promotions over the next several years, including salesman, auditor, 最后是负责德州北半部销售的营销人员, 1935年，他辞去了受薪职位，购买了海湾石油公司在阿比林的代理权. Wright became a self-made oilman before the age of 30.

At his side during his rise to the top was his wife, Lillian Bruyere, whom he had met when they were both students at Baylor. 他们于1929年结婚，育有三个孩子:小威廉. “比尔”出生于1933年，他们的女儿盖尔和琳达紧随其后.

除了对石油的关注，赖特还积极参与其他商业活动. 1947年，他与伯特·查普曼(Bert Chapman)一起买下了位于阿比林的庞蒂克(Pontiac)经销商赖特·查普曼·庞蒂克(Wright-Chapman Pontiac). 他还曾担任公民广播公司的总裁兼董事, which owned KWKC radio, 曾任石油中心广播公司董事，该公司拥有敖德萨的KRIG. In 1949 he became a partner in the Abilene Truck Terminal, now known as the Tye Truck Stop in the Tye community, and in 1942 became a director of the Citizen’s National Bank.

赖特于1939年至1941年和1944年至1946年担任阿比林商会主任. 1941年至1945年任参议院军事事务委员会主席, 他在第二次世界大战期间带头努力寻找位于阿比林附近的伯克利营地. 军事设施为当地经济额外注入了一百万美元, providing a cushioning effect against drought common to the area.

In 1952, 以表达他们对他为社会服务的感激, Abilene named him the Outstanding Citizen of the Year, 1960年被阿比林房地产经纪人委员会授予“年度杰出公民”称号. He was a member of the Abilene Lions Club, the West Texas and Abilene Chambers of Commerce, Abilene Country Club, West Central Texas Oil and Gas Association, and Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association. 他是32级梅森会员，也是阿比林石油俱乐部的创始会员. 他还曾担任Texas Petroleum Marketing Association的董事和副总裁. 杜布和莉莲是阿比林第一浸信会的成员已经有半个多世纪了.

1955年，赖特和他的儿子合伙成立了西部营销公司., 该公司在阿比林地区拥有批发和零售汽油业务，并在三个州拥有卡车服务中心. 当阿比林在朝鲜战争初期出发去保护一个军事设施时, Wright was automatically a leader of the project. 在为该地区争取到伯克利营地的过程中，他建立的关系得到了回报, and Abilene was chosen as the site for Dyess Air Force Base.

作为对赖特将空军基地迁至阿比林的致敬, two Dyess facilities are named for him. 赖特空投区由第463战术空运联队使用，赖特小屋由第96 BW警戒机组人员使用，供他们在警戒值班时与家人会面.

Long after Dyess was built, Wright continued to be its strongest supporter, remaining involved with the Dyess community. 1965年，他获得了美国空军颁发的杰出服务奖, one of the highest honors awarded to civilians. 作为阿比林对赖特在发展戴斯空军基地中的战略作用的额外展示, the City Council changed the name of Arnold Boulevard, which carries traffic into the base, to Dub Wright Boulevard.

赖特还参与了许多基金活动，使红十字会等组织受益, Community Chest, USO, YWCA, and YMCA. As a child, 赖特是在阿比林成立的第一支童子军的成员, 成年后，他曾在1936年至1937年担任当地童子军财务委员会主席, 并于1945年担任童子军全国委员会代表.

赖特从1945年到1976年在中国赌博平台董事会任职, fifteen years as chairman—the longest tenure of any HSU chairman. His chairmanship, which included all the presidency of Dr. Rupert N. Richardson, was a time of great advancement for the school.

Dub Wright passed away on June 20, 1985. His legacy lives on in the successes of Dyess Air Force Base; the community of Abilene, Texas, and in the halls of Hardin-Simmons University.

中文博彩平台非常荣幸地表彰她自己的一位，并正式引入W.P. “Dub” Wright into the HSU Hall of Leaders.