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About Robert Coldwell Wood, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Coldwell_Wood
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. From 1965 to 1969, Wood served as the Under Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Lyndon B. Johnson, and for two weeks as acting secretary of the department.
After his return to MIT, he directed the Joint Center for Urban Studies at MIT and Harvard. He also had a joint appointment as head of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. He served as president of the University of Massachusetts (1970-1977), overseeing expansion of programs, including construction of a campus in south Boston.
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Robert Coldwell Wood, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development's Timeline
| 1923 |
September 16, 1923
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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| 1958 |
February 27, 1958
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1960 |
May 1960
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Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 2005 |
April 1, 2005
Age 81
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Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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