Professor, College of Business
If you're looking for Dr. Marshal Wright outside of class, you may find him on the basketball or tennis court. Several times a week since 1978, he's gathered in the gym with friends for a pick-up basketball game. Tennis has been his passion since being part of the ORU tennis team that ranked tenth in the nation.
The son of missionaries, Marshal was born in India where his dad served as president of the Southeast Asia Bible Institute and later the Tamilnadu Bible Institute. He has returned to India on a tennis/missions trip and plans to go back again in 2009. Traveling to exotic destinations and photographing the people and places he visits is something else Dr. Wright enjoys, and he and his wife Annmarie have visited England, Scotland, South Africa and Lithuania where he taught business classes.
Though he has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in business education, he originally set out to be a lawyer and earned a law degree from Regent University. For a few years, he practiced law in San Diego in the areas of wills and trusts and corporate law, but business and specifically teaching were his true calling, so he returned to ORU. For the past two years, he has served as interim dean for the College of Business, but he is looking forward to returning full time to the classroom this fall.
In 2009, Regent University named Dr. Wright the outstanding alumnus of the year for the College of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship for his work at ORU. He has also been honored as the recipient of the prestigious ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award presented by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs.
Of all the things Dr. Wright likes about ORU, he says that perhaps the greatest is its purpose driven approach to life and career. "As Paul wrote to Christians in Romans 12:2, we encourage our students to ‘be transformed by the renewing of your minds.' It's something that will keep you focused and on track whatever life takes you."
B.S. in Management from ORU
J.D. from Regent University
M.B.A. from ORU
Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership with a Cognate in Business from Regent University
Contact information: mwright@oru.edu 918.495.6988
