Background
Woods, Frank Henry was born on May 2, 1905 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Frank H. and Nelle S. (Cochrane) W., Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1928.
Woods, Frank Henry was born on May 2, 1905 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Frank H. and Nelle S. (Cochrane) W., Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1928.
Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Lake Forest College, 1970. Doctor of Laws, University Nebraska, 1975.
Amy (Mistress Nelson Gore). Associate, Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, 1928-1933. Assistant to president Sahara Coal Company, Chicago, 1933-1938, secretary-treasurer, 1938-1944, president, treasurer, 1944-1978, Chairman of the Board, 1978-1980.
Director Lincoln Tel. & Tel. Company (Nebraska), 1937-1979, Executive Committee, from 1942, Chairman, Board Of Directors, 1958-1979. Director, Executive Committee Addressograph Multigraph Corporation (Cleveland), 1946, Chairman of the Board, 1958-1976.
Director Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, 1954-1975. Chairman, Government's Committee for Illinois, Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth 1949-1951. Member City of Lake Forest Plan Commission, 1954-1958.
Member corporation, gifts chairman Community Fund of Chicago, 1947, director, 1954-1967, president, 1957-1959. President American Red Cross Joint Appeal of Chicago, 1957-1958, North Side Boys’ Clubs, 1940-1947. Board of directors United Community Funds and Councils American, New York, 1958-1964, vice president, 1960-1961.
President Welfare Council Metropolitan Chicago, 1953-1957, board directors, 1947-1966. Treasurer, trustee Woods Charitable Fund, Chicago, 1941. Life trustee, governor member Chicago Zoological Society.
Board directors Council on Founds., 1960-1976, president, 1964-1965. Board directors Hospital Planning Council for Metropolitan Chicago, 1957-1966. Trustee, life member governor board The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1955-1975, president 1966-1970.
Life trustee University of Chicago, 1962-1980.
Member City of Lake Forest Plan Commission, 1954-1958. Member corporation, gifts chairman Community Fund of Chicago, 1947, director, 1954-1967, president, 1957-1959. Member Chicago Zoological Society.
Member Illinois Manufacturers Association (director) 1955-1958), National Society Prevention Blindness Inc. (director 1948-1960), Illinois Society Prevention Blindness (president 1947-1957, director 1946-1962), Chicago Horticultural Society (trustee 1962, vice president 1965, life trustee 1976-1980), Taxpayers Federation Illinois (trustee 1948-1958). Clubs: Chicago, Commercial, Casino, Onwentsia.
Married Louise Hamilton Brewer, February 16, 1935. Children: Louise (Mistress Theodore Levenson), Lucia (Mistress Lindley), Brewer (deceased 1976), Amy (Mistress Nelson Gore).