George Theodore Woods

Background

Woods, George Theodore was born on August 21, 1924 in Tyro, Kansas, United States. Son of Samuel Branchford and Harriett (Crawford) Woods.

Education

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, 1946; Master in Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1959; Master of Science, Purdue University, 1960.

Career

Veterinary field inspector, Illinois Department Agriculture, Danville, 1946-1947; supervisor laboratory animals, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1947-1948; private practice, Shelbyville, Illinois, 1948-1949; professor College Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1949-1986; professor emeritus College Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, since 1986; public health administrator, Dewitt-Piatt Bi-County Health Department, Clinton, Monticello, Illinois, since 1988. Consultant United States Department of Agriculture, Urbana, 1959-1986, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Urbana, 1989. Advisory American Council on Health and Science, New York, New Jersey, since 1986.

Achievements

• George Theodore Woods has been listed as a noteworthy health administrator, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman education committee Champaign County Health Department, Champaign-Urbana, 1960-1962. Captain United States Air Force, 1954-1956, Okinawa. Member APHA, American Veterinary Medical Association, Illinois Public Health Association Kappa Phi, Phi Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Rotary, Exchange.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, fishing, American history.

Connections

Married Helen L. Jordan, June 20, 1948. Children: David, Jeffrey, Linda.

Father:

Samuel Branchford Woods

Mother:

Harriett (Crawford) Woods

Spouse:

Helen L. Jordan

child:

Linda Woods

child:

Jeffrey Woods

child:

David Woods