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Sep 16, 1923 St. Louis, Missouri, United States Died on 01 Apr 2005 (aged 81)
American political scientist
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About Robert Coldwell Wood
- Robert Coldwell Wood (September 16, 1923 – April 1, 2005) was an American political scientist, academic and government administrator, and professor of political science at MIT.
- From 1965 to 1969, Wood served as the Under Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Lyndon B.
- Johnson, and for two weeks as acting secretary of the department. After his return to MIT, he directed the Joint Center for Urban Studies at MIT and Harvard.
- He also had a joint appointment as chairman of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
- He served as president of the University of Massachusetts (1970-1977), overseeing expansion of programs, including construction of a campus in south Boston.
