Background
Wood, Eric Fisher was born on January 4, 1889 in New York City. Son of William B. (Doctor of Medicine and Frances (Fisher) W.
architect engineer army officer
Wood, Eric Fisher was born on January 4, 1889 in New York City. Son of William B. (Doctor of Medicine and Frances (Fisher) W.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Sheffield Scientific School (Yale), 1910. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1910. Studied Columbia University School of Architecture, and École des Beaux Arts Paris.
Propagation Eric Fisher Wood & Company, architects and industrial engrs. With H. Hornbostel, won competition and selection as architects for Warren G. Harding Memoral at Marion, O. Attache at the American Embassy, Paris, France, under Ambassador Herrick, 1914. Officer American Ambulance Corps in France, 1915.
Major British Army, 1917, wounded at Battle of Arras. Major United States.N.A., August 14, 1917, and assistant chief of staff, 83d Division. Lieutenant colonel Gordhandas Sunderdas assistant chief of staff, 88th Division.
Wounded in Meuse-Argonne. Colonel 107th United States Field Artillery, 1923. Brigadier general, United States Army.
December 1940; on active duty, 1941-1945. Major general, 1949.
Member: Colonial Wars. Mayflower Society Clubs: Duquesne, Duck Island.
Married Vera de Ropp, April. Children: Eric Fisher (killed in action), Eleanor Morton (Mistress Stanley M. Dye), Peter de Ropp, Alec Laughlin.