Dalton C. Wright President and publisher
Lebanon , Mo.
Military veteran and key civic leader Dalton Wright, BS '66, and his newspaper, The Lebanon Daily Record , have been recognized as national leaders in community newspaper journalism. After earning a business degree from Mizzou and serving as a U.S. Navy jet pilot in the Vietnam War, returned to his hometown to take over the family business after his father died. In his community, Wright has been a member of the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club since 1972. He is a civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army for Missouri and chairs the State of Missouri Military Preparedness and Enhancement Commission. A past president of the Missouri Press Association, Wright also served as president of the National Newspaper Association, a distinction only one other Missourian can claim—Walter Williams, for whom one of the j-school's buildings are named. A pioneer in the use of the Internet in community newspaper publishing, Wright has served many years on the board that directs the future of the university-affiliated Columbia Missourian . A member of the Mizzou Alumni Association and the Tiger Scholarship Fund and a sustaining member of the Jefferson Club, Wright helped found the MUAA Laclede County Chapter. He has two children, Jacqueline and Matthew.
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Mizzou Alumni Association
123 Reynolds Alumni Center
Columbia, MO 65211
Toll Free: 1-800-372-6822
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Email: maa@mizzou.com
Military veteran and key civic leader Dalton Wright, BS '66, and his newspaper, The Lebanon Daily Record , have been recognized as national leaders in community newspaper journalism. After earning a business degree from Mizzou and serving as a U.S. Navy jet pilot in the Vietnam War, returned to his hometown to take over the family business after his father died. In his community, Wright has been a member of the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club since 1972. He is a civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army for Missouri and chairs the State of Missouri Military Preparedness and Enhancement Commission. A past president of the Missouri Press Association, Wright also served as president of the National Newspaper Association, a distinction only one other Missourian can claim—Walter Williams, for whom one of the j-school's buildings are named. A pioneer in the use of the Internet in community newspaper publishing, Wright has served many years on the board that directs the future of the university-affiliated Columbia Missourian . A member of the Mizzou Alumni Association and the Tiger Scholarship Fund and a sustaining member of the Jefferson Club, Wright helped found the MUAA Laclede County Chapter. He has two children, Jacqueline and Matthew. 
