Background
Wood, Richard Robinson was born on November 8, 1922 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Reginald and Irene Margaret (Robinson) Wood.
Wood, Richard Robinson was born on November 8, 1922 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Reginald and Irene Margaret (Robinson) Wood.
AB, Harvard College, 1944; postgraduate, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1947-1948.
Vice president Hunneman & Company, Boston, 1959-1972. Trustee, secretary Massachusetts Real Estate Investment Trust, 1967-1969. Trustee Suffolk Franklin Savings Bank, 1967-1974.
President, chairman Continential Real Estate Equity, Boston, 1972-1974. Executive vice president ITEL Real Estate Corporation, San Francisco, 1974-1975. Vice president Baird & Warner, Chicago, 1976-1980.
President, chairman Renwood Properties, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1981. Founder Real Estate Securities 2d Syndication Institute, 1972, president, 1976—1978. President, chairman ILCO Properties, Chicago, 1981—1987.
Vice president, director Common Goal Capitol Group, Baltimore, since 1986. General partner Common Goal Mortgage Fund, Baltimore, since 1986. Member Council Rural Housing and Development, since 1988.
Vice president, board directors St. Katherines Care Centers, since 1990. Chairman Institute Responsible Housing Preservation, 1994—1999, 19 Chauncy St. Trust, since 1995. With Medical Corps United States Army, 1943-1944.
Member Mayor's Citizen Advisory Board, Boston, 1965-1967. President Boston Republican city Committee, 1965-1967. Committeeman, treasurer Massachusetts Republican State Committee, Boston, 1964-1972.
Member Council for Rural Housing and Development, since 1988. With Medical Corps United States Army, 1943-1944. Member National Leased Housing Association, Harvard Club Boston, Longwood CricketClub, Harvard Club of New York, Badminton and Tennis Club.
Married Pamela Vander Wiele, March 8, 1951 (divorced April 1969). Children: Christopher Robinson, Bryant Cornelius, Marcella Wood Mackenzie. Married Jane Philbin, September 19, 1970.