Woods, Arthur, 1870-1942

U.S. Army officer and New York city police commissioner.

From the description of Arthur Woods papers, 1884-1938 (bulk 1914-1923). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982546

Biographical Note

• 1870, Jan. 29: Born, Boston, Mass.
• 1892: A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1895 - 1905 : Educator, Groton School, Groton, Mass.
• 1907 - 1909 : Deputy police commissioner, New York, N.Y.
• 1914 - 1918 : Police commissioner, New York, N.Y.
• 1916: Married Helen Morgan Hamilton
• 1918 - 1919 : Colonel, Division of Military Aeronautics, United States War Department
• 1919: Assistant to the secretary of war in charge of efforts to reestablish servicemen in civil life
• 1921 - 1922 : Chairman, Committee on Civic and Emergency Measures, President’s Conference on Unemployment
• 1927 - 1931 : Assisted John D. Rockefeller (1874-1960) in restoration of historic Williamsburg, Va.
• 1930 - 1931 : Chairman, President’s Commission for Unemployment
• 1942, May 12: Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Arthur Woods Papers, 1884-1938, (bulk 1914-1923), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)