Vim Wright
Turkish-American entrepreneur
About Vim Wright
Lived 1926 – 2003 (aged 76).
Violet "Vim" Crane Wright was a Turkish-American entrepreneur, academic, political activist, and environmentalist.
Early life and education Wright was born June 4, 1926, as Lisetta Iakovidou in Istanbul Turkey. She was adopted by the American couple General John Alden Crane and Mary McKim Crane. They moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1936. She attended the Garrison Forest School but did not graduate. She married Edward “Skip” Wright Jr. in 1949. She later attended Eaton-Burnett Business College.
Vim and Skip had two sons. and even placed herself in the path of bulldozers to prevent the destruction of the Florissant Fossil Beds.
In 1977 Wright moved to Seattle to work at the University of Washington's Institute for Environmental Studies as assistant director. She left the Institute when it was closed in 1992. In Washington she worked with the Farming and Environment Project
Awards and recognition Feinstone Award for environmental achievement
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Who was Vim Wright?
Turkish-American entrepreneur
When was Vim Wright born?
Vim Wright was born on 4 June 1926.
When did Vim Wright die?
Vim Wright died on 1 June 2003.
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