Erskine Biddle Wood

Background

Wood, Erskine Biddle was born on June 21, 1911 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Erskine and Rebecca Baird (Biddle) Wood.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1933. Bachelor of Laws magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1936.

Career

Practiced in Portland, 1936-1985. Senior partner Wood, Tatum, Mosser, Brooke & Holden. Now retired

Director small vessel procurement War Shipping Administration, 1942-1944, chairman committee just compensation, 1944-1945.

Achievements

• Erskine Biddle Wood has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Citizens Conservation Committee Portland. Past president Catlin-Hillside School, Portland. Past vice president Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.

Member United States delegation Comité Maritime International, Montreal, 1981. Served as lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1945. Member American Bar Association, Maritime Law Association (past member executive committee) Clubs: University, Multnomah, Oregon Flyfishers, Associated Harvard (past regional vice president).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Hoffman, 1935 (divorced 1959). Children: Mardi, Spencer, Erskine II. Married Virginia Tooze, December 4, 1959 (divorced 1968).

Children: Rebecca, Mary. Married Ellen Story Fox, January 10, 1986.

Father:

Erskine Wood

Mother:

Rebecca Baird (Biddle) Wood

Spouse:

Ellen Story Fox

Spouse:

Virginia Tooze

Spouse:

Elizabeth Hoffman

child:

Spencer Wood

child:

Erskine II Wood

child:

Rebecca Wood

child:

Mardi Wood

child:

Mary Wood