Resolution 365-2000
FILED FOR RECORD Commissioner Wilhelmina G. Harvey
00 SEP 26 PH 12: 33 RESOLUTION NO. 365 -2000
DANNY L. I\OLHI\l.lfA RESOLUTION IN RECOGNITION
MON~5rcgm4T~'tL~~F THE LATE WRIGHT LANGLEY
WHEREAS, Wright Langley, a historian, publisher and island resident,
passed away suddenly at the age of 65; and
WHEREAS, Wright Langley was president of Langley Press Inc., and was
co-author of a number of pictorial history books with his wife, Joan, and the late
Stan Windhorn; and
WHEREAS, Wright Langley was born in Tarboro, NC, grew up in Four Oaks,
NC, and learned photography at an early age. He went on to Rochester Institute
of Technology and in 1957, he received one of its first bachelor of fine arts
degrees in illustrative photography; and
WHEREAS, Wright Langley in 1958 married Joan Knowles, a sixth-
generation Conch, daughter of Neil and Dorothy (Archer) Knowles; and
WHEREAS, Wright Langley was an instructor in still photography for the
U.S. Army at Fort Monmouth, N.J., for the next two years. In 1960, for his
photojournalist thesis, he took the Key West turtle boat A.M. Adams from Key
West to Grand Cayman and Nicaragua; and
WHEREAS, Wright Langley in 1961 and 1962, was a photojournalism
instructor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and in 1962 and 1963 became
a reporter-photographer for the Raleigh Times in Raleigh, NC; and
WHEREAS, Wright Langley earned a Master of Science Degree in
journalism in 1964 from Boston University, and the following year moved to Key
West to become a reporter for The Key West Citizen, and in 1968 became Key
West bureau chief for the Miami Herald serving until 1975; and
WHEREAS, Wright Langley, after a period as a freelance writer and
photographer for newspapers and magazines, became Executive Director of the
Historic Florida Keys Preservation Board. During his 15 years as director, Wright
established the first book publication program among the Preservation Boards of
Florida, and secured seed grants leading to multi million-dollar restorations of
the San Carlos Institute, the Armory, the Bat Tower and Old City Hall; and
WHEREAS, Wright Langley was actively involved in many special projects
and community service efforts which included leadership of a nonprofit society
to raise funds for preservation of the last tall sailing ship built in Key West, the
cable ship Western Union; he served on the Little White House Advisory
Committee, was a life member of the Key West Sculpture Garden Memorial
Selection Committee, and was a member of the USS Maine Commission; and
WHEREAS, Wright Langley leaves his beloved wife Joan Langley; his
daughter Lisa; son Mark and wife Jo Ann; and his brother and sister-in-law,
Rufus and Toni Langley of Raleigh, NC; his nephew and his wife, Mark and Dee
Langley, of Raleigh, NC, and many, many friends to cherish his memory; now,
therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Board hereby adopts this Resolution as evidence of its
regret and mourning for the passing of the late Wright Langley, and in
recognition of his extensive dedication and vast public service to the people of
Key West and Monroe County, Florida.
Section 2. Mayor Emeritus Harvey forwards a copy of this Resolution to
his beloved wife, Joan Langley, and family to express the Board's sorrow.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe
County, Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the 20th day of
September, 2000.
Mayor Shirley Freeman
Commissioner Wilhelmina G. Harvey
ommissioner George Neugent
issioner Mary Kay Reich
" issioner Nora Williams
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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