John Edmund Fitzgerald Wood

Background

Wood, John Edmund Fitzgerald was born on October 19, 1903 in Staunton, Virginia, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Denison U., 1924; honorary Doctor of Laws, Denison U., 1981; Bachelor of Laws, West Virginia University, 1927; Bachelor of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1929; Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1953.

Career

Associate firm, Root Clark Buckner Howland & Ballantine, New York City, 1929-1930, 33-39; associate firm, Fitzpatrick Brown & Davis, Huntington, West Virginia, 1931-1933; partner firm, Dewey Ballantine Bushby Palmer & Wood (and predecessors), New York City, 1940-1987.

Achievements

• John Edmund Fitzgerald Wood has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Village of Scarsdale, New York, 1952-1956. Trustee Denison U., Granville, Ohio, 1947-1983, life trustee, 1983-1987, chairman of the board of trustees, 1965-1972. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers.

Member American Bar Association, New York City Bar assosiation, New York County Lawyers Association M C.