ARTHUR E. WRIGHT, 83, of ASBURY PARK, died Saturday, July 22, 2006 at the Temple University Medical Center, Philadelphia. He was the advertising director for the Asbury Park Press for more than 35 years, retiring in 1983. He also operated Arrow Advertising, the company he founded 56 years ago. Mr. Wright was instrumental in forming ADAM, for Advertising Directors and Advertising Managers, to discuss the new Truth in Advertising consumer laws, formulated by the State of New Jersey to protect consumers buying automobiles, furniture, appliances and electrical products. The organization met monthly to clarify the State's ever changing interpretation of the new regulations. He was a past president of the New Jersey Press Association, a member of the Board of Directors of the YMCA, Asbury Park, and a member of both the Allenhurst and Asbury Park Chambers of Commerce. Mr. Wright was a veteran of World War II having served in the US Army Air Corps, 435 Troop Carrier Division, Combat Operations. He was a 1941 graduate of Neptune High School, and a 1950 graduate of Syracuse University where he earned his Bachelor of Science Degree and was president of the Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity. Later he received his MBA from Monmouth College, graduating Cum Laude in 1977. Mr. Wright loved to travel. He was predeceased by his parents, Arthur Blackwell and Anna Gates Wright. Surviving are two sons and daughters in law, Robert J. Wright and his wife, Jane, of Medford and Douglas C. Wright and his wife, Kari, of Jamesville, NY; thirteen grandchildren, Sherylyn Lippincott, Douglas S. Wright, Christopher R. Wright, Ryan C. Wright, Brett Baumbach, Nicholas E. Wright, Matthew P. Wright, Patrick S. Wright, Kaci A. Wright, Jake R. Wright, Delancey T. Wright, Shane D. Wright, and Kelly R. Wright, his longtime companion, Sherry Beebe and many loving friends. A funeral service was held at the Trinity Episcopal Church, Asbury and Grand Avenues, Asbury Park on Friday morning, July 28th at 11:00 with interment following at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown, N. J. Friends were invited to call at the Ocean Grove Memorial Home, 118 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove on Thursday from 2-4 and 7-9.