Background
Wood, William Barry was born on May 4, 1910 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Barry and Emily Niles (Lockwood) Wood.
Wood, William Barry was born on May 4, 1910 in Milton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Barry and Emily Niles (Lockwood) Wood.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1932. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1936.
Medical house officer, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1936-1939. National Research Council fellow in bacteriology, Harvard Medical School, 1939-1940. Assistant, department of medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1937-1939, associate, 1940-1942.
Professor medicine, School of Medicine, Washington University, Saint Louis, 1942-1955.
Vice president Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, 1955-1959. Professor microbiology Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1955-1971, also director of department of microbiology, 1959-1971.
Member board of trustees Rockefeller Foundation. Fellow A.C.P; member American Society Clinical Investigation (president 1952), Society Experimental Biology and Medical, Central Society Clinical Research (president 1952), Society American Bacteriologists, Association American Physicians (president 1962-1963), National Academy of Sciences (member council 1962-1965), Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Mary Lee Hutchins, July 2, 1932. Children: William Barry III, Margaret, Peter, Jonathan, Jean.