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Theodore Paul Wright (May 25, 1895 – August 21, 1970), also known as T. P. Wright, was a U.S. aeronautical engineer and
He was born in Galesburg, Illinois on May 25, 1895. His father was the economist
Wright, Theodore Paul (1895-1970)
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educator
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Biography
He was born in Galesburg, Illinois on May 25, 1895. His father was the economist Philip Green Wright
Philip Green Wright (October 3, 1861 – September 4, 1934) was an American economist who in 1928 first proposed the use of instrumental variables estimation as the earliest known solution to the identification problem in econometrics. In a book ...
and his brothers were the geneticist Sewall Wright and the political scientist Quincy Wright. He graduated from Lombard College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served in World War I.
In 1936, he published an important paper entitled "Factors affecting the costs of airplanes" which describes what is known as ''Wright's law
In industry, models of the learning or experience curve effect express the relationship between experience producing a good and the efficiency of that production, specifically, efficiency gains that follow investment in the effort. The effect has ...
'' or experience curve effects
In industry, models of the learning or experience curve effect express the relationship between experience producing a good and the efficiency of that production, specifically, efficiency gains that follow investment in the effort. The effect has ...
. The paper describes that "we learn by doing" and that the cost of each unit produced decreases as a function of the cumulative number of units produced.
He served as administrator of the Civil Aeronautics Administration during 1944–1948. When President Truman announced Wright’s resignation as Administrator of Civil Aeronautics on January 16, 1948, the '' New York Times'' reported that Wright felt he could not continue in office at a salary of $10,000 per year ().
He served as Cornell University's vice president in charge of research from 1948 to 1960 and served as acting president of Cornell University in 1951. He died on August 21, 1970.
Awards
*Wright Brothers Medal
The Wright Brothers Medal was conceived of in 1924 by the Dayton Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the SAE established it in 1927 to recognize individuals who have made notable contributions in the engineering, design, developme ...
(1930)
*Honorary Doctorate from Knox College (1937)
* Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1945)
See also
* Learning curve *Experience curve effects
In industry, models of the learning or experience curve effect express the relationship between experience producing a good and the efficiency of that production, specifically, efficiency gains that follow investment in the effort. The effect has ...
References
External links
Wright, Theodore Paul (1895-1970)
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