Wright, Sylvia, 1911-

Sylvia Allen Beckman was born on May 11, 1911, in Naperville, Illinois, the youngest daughter of Bernard C. and May (Ballou) Beckman. Sylvia graduated with a bachelor's degree from Wells College in Aurora, New York, in 1933, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa (1951). After attending London School of Economics to study international relations in 1933 and 1934, she returned to the States.

In September 1935 Sylvia Beckman married Norman B. Wright (1901-1971) of Chicago, Illinois, son of Frank G. and Kathryn Wright. The couple settled on a farm in Rupert, Vermont, in June 1940. Norman, an artist and dairy farmer, was a founder of the Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester, Vermont, for which Sylvia served as clerk. From 1946 to 1947 Mrs. Wright served on Gov. Mortimer Proctor's Art Advisory Committee, assigned to assess the state's art holdings.

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