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Jo Rae Wright

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Jo Rae WrightChapel HillExtraordinary scientist, devoted teacher and mentor, and former dean of the Duke University Graduate School and professor of cell biology, medicine, and pediatrics, Jo Rae Wright passed away this week. She was 56 years old and was predeceased by her parents Joseph Albert...

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I also was stunned & saddened to learn of Jo Rae's premature death--even as I was discovering what a remarkable life she had in her 56 years on earth! I knew Jo Rae as an undergrad @ WVU. We were roommates for two summers in Morgantown when we were hired to be Freshman Orientation Guides and take groups of incoming students and their families on tours around campus and to various informational sessions. Back then Jo Rae was interested in becoming a school guidance counselor & seemed perfectly...

I was stunned to hear of the untimely passing of Jo Rae. Although we had not been in touch much in recent years, we were still good friends of many years standing. Her family and mine were very close as we grew up in Clarksburg and in the years after my family moved away. May God protect her and watch over her many friends. family and collegues as they miss her presence in the years to come. Gary Orr, (formerly of Clarksburg WV)

So very sorry to hear of the death of this beautiful and intelligent lady. i knew her Mother and Father well and her future was bright from the day she was born. may God bless her