Passings: Jordan M. Wright

Jordan M. Wright, 50, of an embolism on May 11. Wright served as president and publisher of Ashlee Publishing Co. since 1990, and purchased Dimensional Stone (later Stone) and Tile & Decorative Surfaces in September 1997; both magazines stopped publication in the fall of 2003. Other publications he published at Ashleee included Glass Digest and Glass Industry; with Volo Publishing LLC, he was the first publisher of Waterkeeper and also published Pacific Arts Journal.
A licensed attorney in New York and Pennsylvania, Wright also was the founder of the planned Museum of Democracy. He held what was widely believed to be the largest collection (1.2-million-plus items) of U.S. political memorabilia, and wrote Campaigning for President, published in January by Harper Collins. A portion of Wright’s collection is now being exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York; Wright's parents will now work to finish a permanent home for the artifacts, according to a New York Times op-ed piece.