Harold L. Wright Jr. Md

Harold L Wright Jr. MD died in his home on April 7, 2021 in Northville Township in the presence of his loving family.

Hal was born in Jackson Michigan September 5, 1926. He was the only child of Harold L Wright Sr. and Florence Waterman Wright. His family moved from Jackson to Detroit when he was 5 years old. He attended high school in Ferndale, MI and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1944. He met his future wife Pat in Algebra class at Lincoln High School in Ferndale, MI.

Upon graduation he attended the University of Michigan where he graduated with a BS in Science. After graduation he attended University of Michigan Medical School and graduated in 1948. He did his internship at Harper Hospital in Detroit and then started a residency in Pediatrics in Ann Arbor. He was called to serve during the Korean War and remained stateside at Great Lakes Illinois Naval Base. While serving he finished a residency in Adult Psychiatry.

He returned to Ann Arbor after the war and completed his Pediatric and Child Psychiatry Residencies. He began work at Hawthorn Center in Northville Michigan in 1956.  He became the director in 1970 and retired in 1990. He had a special interest in selective mutism and anorexia. He continued to work in the field of Child Psychiatry part time as a consultant for area schools until he retired completely from his medical practice at age 81. He was an active member of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry and a past president of the Michigan Council of Child Psychiatrists.

Hal had many interests outside of medicine and his family. These included his lifelong love for the piano, listening to classical music and opera, attending theater and gardening. He had five different gardens which he cultivated and nurtured at his home in Northville.

Harold was preceded in death by his wife of 69 years, Patsy Dorman Wright.  He is survived by his 3 children, David (Julie Quinn), Lisa Engles (Leif), and Peter (Sue Townsend); 6 grandchildren, Elizabeth Engles, Kelsey Wright, Andrea Meyer, Amelia Wright, Tori Wright, Kelly Wright; 1 great grandchild, Elliot Meyer; and his devoted Brussels Griffon, Lucy.

Arrangements entrusted to Casterline Funeral Home in Northville. Memorial donations to the Dean's Scholarship Fund in the Medical School at the University of Michigan, checks payable to “University of Michigan”, Michigan Medicine Office of Development, 1000 Oakbrook Dr., Ste. 100, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 or visit the website victors.us/haroldlwright to make your gift.