Background
Woodruff, Archibald Mulford was born on July 30, 1912 in Newark. Son of Archibald M. and Eleanor B. (Van Etten) Woodruff.
Woodruff, Archibald Mulford was born on July 30, 1912 in Newark. Son of Archibald M. and Eleanor B. (Van Etten) Woodruff.
Bachelor, Williams College, 1933; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Williams College postgraduate, U. Berlin, 1935; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton, 1936; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Trinity College Doctor of Laws (honorary), Tarkio College Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Hartford Doctor of Laws (honorary), Annhurst College.
With mortgage department, Prudential Insurance Company, 1936-1942, 44-50;
Kelly Memorial professor urban land studies, U. Pittsburgh, 1950-1959;
director Bureau Business Research, U. Pittsburgh, 1954-1959;
dean School Government, George Washington University, Washington, 1959-1964;
provost, U. Hartford (Connecticut), 1964-1967;
chancellor, U. Hartford (Connecticut), 1967-1970;
president, U. Hartford (Connecticut), 1970-1977. Board directors Society for Savings, Hartford, C.G. Fund Inc., Hartford. Past advisory director Western Pennsylvania National Bank.
Past chairman National Capital Planning Commission. Past president Connecticut Conference Indiana Colls.
Past Chairman, Board Of Directors Tarkio (Missouri) College. Board directors Wadsworth Atheneum, Watkinson School, Land Reform Training Institute, Taoyan, Taiwan, E.B. Foundation, Simsbury, Lincoln Institute Land Policy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Trustee MarkTwain Memorial, Young Men’s Christian Association.
Vice president Lincoln Foundation, 1965-1984. Member Hartford Board Higher Education. Member American Economics Association, Hartford Golf Club, Cosmos Club (Washington), Phi Beta KAppa.
Married Barbara Jane Bestor, July 13, 1940. Children: Archibald Mulford III, Paul B., Nathan V.E., Timothy R.