Bagley Wright was an American real estate developer and philanthropist.
10 Facts About Bagley Wright
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Bagley Wright was president of Bagley Wright Investments, was a developer of Seattle's landmark Space Needle and chair of Physio Control Corp.
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Bagley Wright, who has been called the "patron saint of the arts" in Seattle, began his career as a newspaper reporter and editor in New York City.
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Bagley Wright attended Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from Princeton University in 1946.
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Bagley Wright was one of the five principal developers who organized the Pentagram Corporation to build the 605-foot Space Needle, then the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River, which was completed for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.
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The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection grew to more than 200 works, becoming the most extensive collection of modern and contemporary art in the Pacific Northwest.
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Virginia Bagley Wright was the daughter of Prentice Bloedel from a prominent Pacific Northwest timber family who co-founded MacMillan Bloedel, one of the largest forest products companies in the world.
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Some collection was featured in a special exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum, where Bagley Wright once served as acting director.
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Bagley Wright served as founding president of the Seattle Repertory Theatre, which later honored him by naming its theater for him, and had been a board member of the Seattle Symphony.
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Bagley Wright started the fund drive for the Seattle Symphony's Benaroya Hall.