AL Wright
Dr Al G. Wright (born June 23, 1916, in London, England) is the Director of Bands Emeritus at Purdue University and Chairman of the Board of the John Philip Sousa Foundation. Whilst still a child Wright moved with his family to the United States, where he grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. Wright played French horn in high school and earned a music scholarship to the University of Miami in Florida, where he earned both bachelor's (1937) and master's (1947) degrees. He taught band and orchestra at Miami Senior High School from 1938-1954.