Harleston Read Wood

Background

Wood, Harleston Read was born on October 18, 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alan and Elizabeth Fitz Simons (Read) Wood.

Education

Student, Haverford School, 1929-1931; Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1936.

Career

Various positions, Alan Wood Steel Company, 1938-1952; assistant vice president, Alan Wood Steel Company, 1952-1954; vice president, Alan Wood Steel Company, 1954; president, Alan Wood Steel Company, 1955-1972; chairman, Alan Wood Steel Company, 1962-1979.

Achievements

• Harleston Read Wood has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

General chairman Philadelphia United Fund Torch drive, 1972. Board directors Ursinus College. Delaware Republican National Convention, 1972.

Member Council on Foreign Relations, 1961-1984.

Connections

Married Emily Newbold Campbell, June 21, 1942. Children— Harleston R., Alan IV, Ross G., Morrow, Anthony.

Father:

Alan Wood

Mother:

Elizabeth Fitz Simons (Read) Wood

Spouse:

Emily Newbold Campbell

child:

Morrow Wood

child:

Ross G. Wood

child:

Alan IV Wood

child:

Anthony Wood

child:

Harleston R. Wood