Dr. Gary Wright, professor of reading, has been a member of the UT Tyler faculty for 28 years. The endowment recognizes and honors Dr. Wright’s achievements in the area of reading and language diagnostics.

Instrumental in the establishment of the undergraduate and graduate reading programs at UT Tyler, Dr. Wright is extremely active in, and nationally recognized for, the diagnostic testing of children in order to identify reading disabilities. He is highly regarded for working with parents to develop methods to overcome those difficulties.

He serves the community and region as a consultant for many area schools, including All Saints Episcopal where Dr. Anderson and Dr. Vukelja’s daughter, Maxi, is a second grader.