Education
George Washington University.
George Washington University.
Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Wood served in the United States Army during World World War II, from 1944 to 1946. He then served as a law clerk for the United States Court of Claims from 1952 to 1954, before entering private practice in Washington, District of Columbia, from 1954 to 1969. In 1969, Wood became a Trial judge of the United States Court of Claims.
On October 1, 1982, he was reassigned by operation of law to the newly formed United States Claims Court (which later became the United States Court of Federal Claims).
He assumed senior status on April 20, 1986, and resigned from the court entirely on July 31, 1986.
He received an Associate of Arts from George Washington University in 1949, and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School in 1952, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity.
