Harry Albright
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Harry James Albright was the director of communications for the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC){{Cite magazine |date=2008 |title=World Office new staff |url=https://www.fwccemes.org/file_download/16/among-friends-109.pdf |magazine=Among Friends |page=10 |access-date=12 June 2022}} from 2008 to 2013, and editor of The Friend magazine from 1997 to 2004.{{Cite web |date=10 September 2004 |title=Commentary |url=https://bristolcroquet.org/articledisplay.asp?articleid=923 |access-date=12 June 2022}} He was also the co-owner of a training and communications consultancy.[http://harryalbright.co.uk/ Harry Albright website] He died on 13 March 2025.{{Cite web |title=The Quaker Magazine |url=https://thefriend.org/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=The Friend |language=en}}
Education
Albright was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the son of Leland S. Albright Jr., a Canadian diplomat, and Mary Albright. He attended the International School of Geneva and Pickering College in Newmarket, Ontario. He studied journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa.
Career
He was a journalist at the Elmira Independent when it won Canada's most prestigious journalism prize, the Michener Award, in 1990.[https://www.michenerawards.ca/historical-timeline/1990s/ "Historical Timeline"], Michener Awards The small Ontario newspaper was honoured for its blanket coverage of a prolonged legal battle over contamination of the Elmira–St. Jacobs municipal water supply. The Elmira Independent was part of the North Waterloo Publishing group, and Albright also worked on other group titles. He was production manager for the Elora Sentinel and Fergus Thistle, and news editor of the agricultural newspaper The Farmgate.
With his background in agricultural journalism, Albright moved to the UK in 1993 to become the press officer for the National Farmers Union in the East Midlands region,Glenda Cooper (15 February 1996), [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/piglet-rustlers-feed-on-bacon-shortage-1319036.html "Piglet rustlers feed on bacon shortage"], The Independent managing the regional response to the BSE crisis that affected the UK in the mid-1990s.
''The Friend'' and FWCC
In 1997, Albright became editor of The Friend, based in London, England, and later communications director for FWCC, the worldwide consultative body for Quakers. He was later a consultant to various Quaker and other organizations.
Personal life
Albright leaves a widow Beth Peakall and two children.{{Cite web |title=ALBRIGHT - PEAKALL, Beth Ann |url=https://1stdirectory.co.uk/officer/albright-peakall-beth-ann/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=1stdirectory.co.uk}}
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