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About George W. Woodruff, Acting U.S. Secretary of the Interior
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Woodruff
George Washington Woodruff (February 22, 1864 – March 24, 1934) was an American football player, rower, coach, teacher, lawyer and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania (1892–1901), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1903), and Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1905), compiling a career college football record of 142–25–2. Woodruff's Penn teams of 1894, 1895, and 1897 have been recognized as national champions. Woodruff was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1963.
Playing career and education
Woodruff graduated from Yale University in 1889, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, and the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his LL.B. law degree in 1895. His football teammates at Yale included Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pudge Heffelfinger, and Pa Corbin.
Coaching career
At Penn, Woodruff coached Truxton Hare, Carl Sheldon Williams, and Charles Gelbert. In his ten years of coaching at Penn, Woodruff compiled a 124–15–2 record while his teams scored 1777 points and only gave up 88. He also coached one year each at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
Political career
After coaching, Woodruff practiced law and was active in politics as a Republican. His political posts included Finance Clerk in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Attorney General, federal judge for the territory of Hawaii, chief law officer of the US Forest Service under friend and fellow Yale alumni Gifford Pinchot, Acting Secretary of the Interior under President Theodore Roosevelt.
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George W. Woodruff, Acting U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Timeline
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February 22, 1864
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Dimock, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
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March 24, 1934
Age 70
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Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York, New York, United States
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