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Corbly Wright family grounded in ACESThe descendants of Corbly and Mary Melcina Wright are thewinners of the 2013 College of ACES Family Spirit Award.Corbly and Mary Wright had 10 children, all boys, and they sentsix of them to the University of Illinois. George, Leslie, Charlie, andByron received degrees in agriculture; Ernest and Oscar also attendedthe ag school. Another 22 Wright descendants, many with multipledegrees, have graduated from the U of I, attended there, or are at -tending today—16 of them as students in the College of ACES.Byron Wright (son #9), who played Illini football, graduated in1938. His wife, Wilma, graduated the same year and in 1970 com -pleted a master’s degree. Byron and Wilma’s son, Kenneth T. (K.T.)Wright, received his doctor of veterinary medicine from Illinois in1962.K.T. and his wife, Betty, have given generously to the U of I. TheByron and Wilma Wright Memorial Scholarship Fund supportsundergraduate students in the College of ACES, and K.T. volunteers asa mentor for its recipients. The Byron Wright Memorial FootballScholarship provides support for student-athletes who play football.K.T. and Betty have also provided funds to purchase plasma screens forthe ACES Library, Information, and Alumni Center. In the College ofVeterinary Medicine, they established the Kenneth T. and Betty L.Wright Scholarship Fund for first-year students and the Kenneth T. andBetty L. Wright Fund to support and enhance activities associated withswine medicine and research.It would no doubt bring Corbly and Mary Wright great satisfactionto know that, generations later, Wrights are still attending the College ofACES—most recently their great-granddaughter Rachel LeAnn Wrightand their great-great-granddaughter, Audraeanna Stroup. It is our hopethat the Wright family legacy will live on in the college for generationsto come.ACES Young Alumni AwardsThe ACES Alumni Association is pleased to honor three graduates who have demonstrated outstanding professionalachievement, leadership, and service. Their efforts have significantly improved the lives of others, and we are proud to callthem ACES alumni.Emily Heaton, who received a bachelor’s degree in crop sciences in 2001 and a Ph.D. in 2006, is an assistant professor inthe Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University. Emily continues to support Illinois and the College of ACES.While working with University of Illinois Extension staff, Emily has shared her biomass research to directly reach Illinoisagricultural industries, agronomists, farmers, and landowners. Emily frequently provides content for the Illinois BiomassFeedstock Symposium and delivers programs for Illinois community leaders, policy makers, and agriculturalists.Nathan Matusheski received a Ph.D. in food science and human nutrition in 2003 and is a principal scientist in nutritionresearch at Kraft Foods. He serves on the College of ACES Research Advisory Committee and has lectured for nutritionclasses in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. In 2011, Natevol unteered his time to help organize a nutrition-focused research symposium. He continues to serve as an advocate for thenow annual University of Illinois Nutrition Symposium and champions corporate sponsorships of the symposium by hisemployer.Susan Zaripheh received a master’s degree in nutritional sciences in 2003 and a Ph.D. in 2005. She is the senior managerof nutrition research, long-term strategy, and innovation at Hillshire Brands. As an adjunct assistant professor in theDe partment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Susan guest-lectures for numerous courses in nutrition and foodscience. She is an industry representative to the Division of Nutritional Sciences Graduate Student Symposium, and shementors in dividual graduate students and collaborates on various research projects throughout the College of ACES.
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