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Robert Coldwell Wood (September 16, 1923 – April 1, 2005) was an American political scientist, academic and government administrator, and professor of political science at MIT.
Apr 5, 2005 · Robert C. Wood, an academic, writer and bureaucrat whose acumen in domestic issues like housing and education prompted Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson to seek his advice and...
A distinguished political scientist, specialist on urban affairs, and advisor to two U.S. Presidents, Robert Coldwell Wood was named in 1970 as the first President of the new University of Massachusetts system.
Robert C. Wood (1969) Robert Coldwell Wood was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, on September 16, 1923, and served in the Army during World War II. After the war, he returned to the United States, receiving his B.A. from Princeton in 1946. He then went on to earn an M.A. (1947), M.B.A. (1948), and Ph.
College president, political consultant, educator, and author. Wood, a former secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and president of the University of Massachusetts at Boston, was an expert on education, housing, and urban and suburban development.
Robert Coldwell Wood was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 16, 1923, but his family soon moved to Jacksonville, Florida. He and his two brothers were raised there during the Great Depression. The boys learned the values of education and hard work from their mother, who was a schoolteacher, and their father, a shoe salesman.
Robert Coldwell Wood (September 16, 1923 – April 1, 2005) was an American political scientist, academic and politician. He was a professor of political science at MIT. From 1965 to 1969, Wood was the Under Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
