Background
Woods, Robert Archer was born on December 28, 1920 in Princeton, Indiana, United States. Son of John Hall and Rose Erskine Heilman Woods.
Woods, Robert Archer was born on December 28, 1920 in Princeton, Indiana, United States. Son of John Hall and Rose Erskine Heilman Woods.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Rochester, 1942; Master of Business Administration, Harvard, 1946.
Account executive, Stein Roe & Farnham (investment counsel), Chicago, 1946-1953; partner, Stein Roe & Farnham (investment counsel), Chicago, 1954-1990. Governor Investment Company Institute.
Trustee University Rochester. Board directors Chicago Juvenile Protective Association, Chicago Infant Welfare Society, Chicago Association Retarded Citizens. Served to lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Member American Management Association (trustee 1973), Harvard Business School Club Chicago (president 1961), Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon. Clubs: University Chgo, Chicago, Tower.
Married Ruth Henrietta Diller, May 27, 1944. Children: Robert Archer III (deceased), Barbara Diller (Mistress Gregory Alan Klein), Katherine Heilman (Mistress John E. Glennon), James Diller.