Background
Wood, Paul William was born on March 24, 1933 in Cincinnati. Son of Walter John and Marie Sophie (Lott) Wood.
Wood, Paul William was born on March 24, 1933 in Cincinnati. Son of Walter John and Marie Sophie (Lott) Wood.
Bachelor, Athenaeum of Ohio, Cincinnati, 1954. Master of Arts, University Cincinnati, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1970.
Teacher Forest Hills School District, Cincinnati, 1960-1962. Instructor Loyola University, Chicago, 1962-1967. Assistant professor University Akron, Ohio, 1967-1971.
Professor department modern language St. Bonaventure University, Olean, New York, 1971—2007, professor emeritus department modern language, 2007—2008. Participant Project Rendez-Vous, Ministry Affaires Etrangeres, Paris, 1985. Member 2d Language Acquisition Council, Buffalo, 1985-1989.
Symposium leader Heidelberg (Germany) University, 1986. Foreign language program evaluator Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, 1987.
President Friends of Library., Olean, 1985-1988. Chairman selection committee Big Thirty Academy Scholarship, Olean, 1990. Board directors Cattaraugus County Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Inc., 1993-2000.
With United States Army, 1955-1957, Korea. Member New York State Association Foreign Language Teachers (vice president 1983-1985, 93—, president 1985-1986, Ferdinand D. Bartholo Distinguished Leadership award 1985), Western New York Foreign Language Educators' Council (president 1978-1980), College Consortium International Study (delegate 1984-1993), New York State Council on Languages (president 1986-1988), Pi Delta Phi (vice president 1991-1997, president 1998-2007).
Married Mary Lou Donovan, August 20, 1960. Children: Paul Junior, Suzanne, Douglas, Rebecca.