Background
English, Woodruff Jones was born on April 28, 1909 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Conover and Sara Elizabeth (Jones) English.
English, Woodruff Jones was born on April 28, 1909 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Conover and Sara Elizabeth (Jones) English.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1931). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1934).
Since practiced in Newark. Partner McCarter & English, 1947-1982, of counsel, 1982-1996. Lecturer trusts and estates.
President Summit (New Jersey) United Appeal, 1947-1948. Member Summit Environmental Commission, 1971-1976. Trustee Presbyterian Hospital, Newark, 1947-1958.
Trustee United Hospitals Newark, 1959-1970, chairman board, 1967-1970. Trustee Overlook Hospital, Summit, 1949-1955, president, 1953-1955. Trustee United Community Fund Newark, 1957-1971, president, 1961-1965.
Trustee Frost Valley Young Men’s Christian Association, 1959-1996, president, 1967-1984, chairman board, 1984-1996. Trustee Overseas Ministries Study Center, 1958-1989, secretary, 1958-1970, president, 1970-1988. Board directors Summit Young Men’s Christian Association, 1935-1939.
Board directors Newark YM-Young Women’s Christian Association, 1951-1984, president, 1957-1961. Member international committee national board Young Men’s Christian Association, 1953-1972, executive committee, 1953-1972, secretary executive committee, 1960-1964, vice chairman student work committee, national board, 1952-1962, member national council, 1973-1982, executive committee international division national board, 1972-1981. Chairman student work committee Central Atlantic Area, 1955-1960.
Trustee New Jersey region National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1961-1972. Trustee Colonial Symphony Society, 1951-1961, vice president, 1959-1961. Trustee, member executive committee Drew University, 1972-1988.
President Summit Council Churches, 1948-1950. Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945. Fellow American College Probate Counsel.
Member American Law Institute, American Bar Association, New Jersey Bar Association, Essex County Bar Association, New Jersey Society Hospital Attorneys (vice president 1972). Clubs: Nassau (Princeton, New Jersey), Baltusrol Golf.
Married Carolyn Barton, December 19, 1942. Children: Woodruff Jones II, Virginia English Sprenkle, Barton Conover, Elizabeth Cooper, Carolyn Whitaker.