Robert Hart Wood

Background

Wood, Robert Hart was born on December 9, 1910 in Columbus, Mississippi, United States. Son of Charles Lyon and Lena (Roden) Wood.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Mississippi State College, 1932. Mediterranean Shipping Company.E., Purdue University, 1933.

Career

With, Mississippi Highway Department, 1933-1937, 38-40, 46; structural designer, Virginia Bridge Company, Birmingham, Alabama, 1937-1938; assistant chief engineer, then associate, Hazelet & Erdal ( construction engineering), Louisville, 1946-1956; partner, Hazelet & Erdal ( construction engineering), 1956-1981; special consultant, Hazelet & Erdal ( construction engineering), 1981-1984.

Achievements

• Robert Hart Wood has been listed as a noteworthy consulting civil engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Ridgewood Association, 1954-1958. Member Louisville and Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission, 1954-1957. Served to lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1940-1946.

Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers (life). Fellow American Consultant Engineers Council (life), American Concrete Institute. Member Kentucky Society Professional Engineers (life, Outstanding Engineer in Private Practice award 1975-1976), Consultant Engineers Council Kentucky (life.

Director, past president), International Association Bridge and Structural Engineers, Louisville Area Chamber of Commerce (charter), Honorary Order Kentucky Colonels, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi. Clubs: Pendennis (Louisville), Big Spring Country (Louisville).

Connections

Married Esther Louise Drake, September 21, 1940. Children: Robert Hart, Charles Drake, Sarah Esther.

Father:

Charles Lyon Wood

Mother:

Lena (Roden) Wood

Spouse:

Esther Louise Drake

child:

Charles Drake Wood

child:

Robert Hart Wood

child:

Sarah Esther Wood