Background
Robert, Lawrence Wood was born on September 3, 1889 in Monticello, Georgia, United States. Son of Lawrence Wood and Minnie Preston (Newton) Robert.
Robert, Lawrence Wood was born on September 3, 1889 in Monticello, Georgia, United States. Son of Lawrence Wood and Minnie Preston (Newton) Robert.
Civil Engineer, Georgia School Technology, Atlanta, 1908, Electrical Engineer, 1909.
Birney, Practiced in Atlanta from 1919. Engineer with Dallas and Company, then member Dallas-Robert Company. Now chairman, treasurer Robert & Company, Incorporated., also Robert & Company Associates, architects, engineers
Director Macon, Dublin & Savanah Railway Company, Central of Georgia Railroad Company, Carolina Textiles, Incorporated.
Assistant secretary of the Treasury in charge of Public Works, 1933-1936. Treasurer and secretary Democratic National Committee, 1936-1941.
Director Navy League of America. Vice president 6th Naval District.
Member of the board of regents State of Georgia. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Elctrical Engineering, management Society, American Society professional Engineers Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Phi. Mason. Elk.; Clubs: Capitol City Athletic, Piedmont Driving, Peachtree Golf (Atlanta).
Married Louisa Godwin Ayres, February 2, 1910. Married second, Evelyn Walker, October 11, 1935. Children: Lawrence Wood, III, Mistress Grant LeRoux.