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Dr. Karl S. Wright.(INPLAY)

By Lopez, Elias
Publication: South Florida CEO
Date: Tuesday, May 1 2007

The Player: Karl S. Wright, 54

Latest Play: Sworn in as the new president of Florida Memorial University

Background: Jamaican-born Wright shared a modest house with nine other siblings, and moved to the United States in the early 1970s after finishing high school. He eventually obtained a Ph.D. in economics at Mississippi State University. Before joining North Miami Beach-based Florida Memorial University, Wright served as dean of the School of Business at South Carolina State University.

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