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Wright, Lonnie

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Lonnie G. Wright was born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1952. His grandmother worked as a maid for prominent Las Vegans. Wright played basketball at UNLV and became a successful local educator and businessman. Dr. Lonnie G. Wright is the director of, and a professor in, the College of Southern Nevada’s hotel management program within the school’s hospitality management department.