honorary degrees from the Rose Polytechnic Institute, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the College of William and Mary. Wright Island Wright Island () is an ice-covered island 35 miles (60 km) long, lying at the north edge of Getz Ice Shelf about midway between Carney Island and Martin Peninsula, on the Bakutis Coast, Marie Byrd Land. Delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947, it was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Admiral Jerauld Wright who was in over-all command of Operation Deep Freeze during the International Geophysical Year 1957–58. Jerauld Wright Award In light of the growing threat of Soviet submarine activity within his command area, as well as in retaliation for the recent aggressive depth-charging of near Vladivostok, Wright issued the following challenge: On May 29, 1959, , a working in conjunction with Patrol Squadron 5 (VP-5), chased a Soviet submarine near Iceland for nine hours before forcing it to surface, and its commanding officer, Lt. Commander Theodore F. Davis, received the case of whiskey from Admiral Wright and the distinction of being the first to surface a Soviet submarine by the U.S. Navy. Admiral Wright Award would be presented, with an accompanying case of whiskey, on two other occasions: On October 29, 1962, , a , had chased a Soviet submarine throughout the Caribbean for nearly two days during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The third instance occurred off Gibraltar in 1967, Where the USS Sam Houston SSBN-609 photographed a Russian submarine entering the straights of Gibraltar submerged. John Paul Jones Cottage Museum Retired admirals Jerauld Wright and Sir Nigel Henderson, RN, spearheaded the effort to restore the Scottish birthplace of John Paul Jones back to its original 1747 condition. The cottage that houses a museum dedicated to the life and accomplishments of John Paul Jones was opened in 1993, and it is situated on the original location on the estate of Arbigland in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. See also Atomic Energy Act of 1946 Cold War (1947–1953) Cold War (1953–1962) Notes References Primary sources Jerauld Wright Papers – Manuscript Division, Library of Congress – Washington, DC Papers of Admiral Jerauld Wright, 1949–1950 – Operational Archives Branch, Naval Historical Center – Washington Navy Yard Box: 1 Fold: 510 Wright, Admiral Jerauld, January 1, 1963 – December 31, 1965 – Foreign Affairs Oral History Project – Georgetown University Secondary