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Wood, Robert C. (Robert Coldwell), 1923-2005

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Personal name headingWood, Robert C. (Robert Coldwell), 1923-2005
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Variant(s)Wood, Robert Coldwell, 1923-2005
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeTallahassee (Fla.) Washington (D.C.) Cambridge (Mass.) Boston (Mass.)
Birth date1923-09-16
Death date2005-04-01
Place of birthSaint Louis (Mo.)
Place of deathBoston (Mass.)
Field of activityPolitical science Political science--Study and teaching Cities and towns--Study and teaching
AffiliationFlorida. Legislature. Legislative Reference Bureau
United States. Bureau of the Budget
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of the Secretary
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Joint Center for Urban Studies
University of Massachusetts at Boston
Boston Public Schools
University of Massachusetts at Boston
Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)
University of Massachusetts at Boston
John W. McCormack Institute of Public Affairs
Profession or occupationPolitical scientists Political science teachers University and college faculty members
Found inWood, Robert Coldwell. Suburbia, its people and their politics, 1959, ©1958: title page (Robert C. Wood)
Remedial law, c1990: CIP t.p. (Robert C. Wood) data sheet (b. 9-16-23)
NUCMC data from John F. Kennedy Libr. for His Papers, 1960-1977 (Robert C(oldwell) Wood, 1923- ; educator, political scientist, and presidential adviser; prof. of pol. sci., MIT, 1959-1966)
Turnabout time, 1995: t.p. (Robert C. Wood) p. 4 (visiting fellow at J.W. McCormack Inst. of Pub. Aff.)
Wikipedia WWW site, May 6, 2005 (Robert Coldwell Wood; b. Sept. 16, 1923; d. Apr. 1, 2005; second Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1969; president of the University of Massachusetts, 1970-1977)
Bailey, Stephen K. Schoolmen and politics, 1962: title page (Robert C. Wood) about authors (Professor of Political Science at M.I.T., author of Suburbia: its people and its politics and 1400 governments; he has participated in the special programs of Columbia Teachers College and Harvard School of Education, working in the field of urban studies)
Wood, Robert C. The necessary majority: middle America and the urban crisis, 1972: title page (Robert C. Wood) title page verso (Robert C. Wood is President of the University of Massachusetts)
Who was who in America, 2004-2005 (Wood, Robert Coldwell; political scientist; born St. Louis, Sept. 16, 1923; A.B., Princeton University, 1946; M.A., Harvard University, 1947, MPA, 1948, Ph.D., 1950; assoc. director Florida Legislative Reference Bureau, Tallahassee, 1949-1951; management organization expert U.S. Bureau Budget, Washington, 1951-1954; lecturer on government, Harvard University, 1953-1954, asst. prof., 1954-1957; asst. prof. political science, MIT, 1957-1959, assoc. prof., 1959-1962, prof, 1962-1966, head dept. 1965-1966, 1969-1970; undersecretary, HUD, Washington, DC, 1966-1968, secretary, 1969; chairman Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston, 1969-1970; dir. Harvard University-MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies, Cambridge, 1969-1970; pres. University of Mass., 1970-1977; superintendent Boston Public Schools, 1978-1980; prof. U. Mass., Boston, 1981-1983; Henry Luce prof. Dem. Instns. and the Social Order Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1983-1993, John E. Andrus prof. govt., 1993; prof. emeritus University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1994-2005; Senior fellow McCormack Institute of Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts, Boston, vis. prof. University of Mass., 1998-2005; died April 1, 2005)
Associated languageeng