By relentless, single-minded managerial enterprise and consummate salemanship he transformed the company into one of the country's most profitable. ''I am not a seer, an oracle, or a philosopher, and I doubt that my opinions on an endless variety of public issues would be sufficiently informed or authoritative to make them either useful or interesting.''. In 1971, disenchanted with the reactionary New York theatre establishment, he moved to San Francisco to seek out new writers and artistic . As young Robert quickly moved up the ranks . Please verify your coverage with the provider's office directly when scheduling an appointment. again. Biography . This was by far the most successful of George Waldos ventures, and with it he built two fortunes, one before and one after the Civil War. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Robert Craig Woodruff please visit our Tribute Store. I rushed off to Pakistan to get into Afghanistan to cover the war after 9/11. Robert D. Woodruff, 75, of Wilmington, NC and formerly of Tiffin, passed away at 1:42 p.m., Sunday, November 6, 2022 at AUTUM Care Mrytle Grove in Wilmington, North Carolina Robert was born December 3, 1946, in Fostoria, to the late Robert T. and Helen (Eby) Woodruff. The mill was spared during Wilsons Raid because it produced foodstuffs. I loved going to Ethiopia, which was new to me. 36 billion. If anybody was going to get hurt or killed, it would have been me. In some respects, they were so nearly alike it was only natural at times they could not get along. The 20-page lawsuit offers a portrait of a long and troubled relationship between Mr. Woodruff and Frances, who was his middle daughter. On October 17, 1912, Woodruff married Nell Kendall Hodgson (October 20, 1892 - January 23, 1968), a nurse from Athens, Georgia. In the United States, the generations before us suffered way more than us and look at what happened to our country. He received his medical degree from Oklahoma State. As an economic power Mr. Woodruff moved among the top business leaders. Goizueta Business School offers four Woodruff Scholarships, Emory's most prestigious named scholarship, which includes full MBA tuition and fees and an annual $15,000 stipend guaranteed for the length of the Full-Time MBA degree. He served several of these companies on their boards of directors, and many of these prospered in their southern home because of business conditions and his almost infallible judgment of character. No one knows when begins the molding of the die that creates any individual. Woodruff was wearing body armor and was in a tank, but his head, neck, and shoulders were exposed during the blast. Woodruff made the Empire the largest milling operation in the city. A generous advertising budget helped Coca-Cola become a national beverage with its renowned slogan, ''The Pause That Refreshes.''. AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that empowers people to choose how they live as they age. She said Mr. Woodruff, who died here last February at the age of 91, suffered for years from monomania, a mental disease that caused ''insane delusions.''. Mack peeled away to see a different part of Beirut. As long as he lived, he looked for new worlds to subdue. Matthew was among the first Woodruff to bring the family name to America. Robert Winship Woodruff was born on December 6, 1889, in Columbus to Emily Winship and Ernest Woodruff. By 1888, George had invested enough money in the newly organized Third National Bank to make him an initial director along with G. Gunby Jordan and W.C. Bradley. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store. His paternal grandfather, George Waldo Woodruff, a New Englander, settled in Columbus, Ga., in 1828 and died a millionaire at the age of 91. Their eldest son, Henry served as a business partner to his father, and he maintained his father's Columbus holdings after his father's death in 1911. The lesson stayed with him throughout his life. Although he left the details to underlings, Mr. Woodruff's political influence touched many statehouses as well as the United States Congress. Join today and save 25% off the standard annual rate. He is not born only of flesh and blood, but of genes of generations that culminate in him, and upon which he builds to become the adult he eventually will be. Throughout his life, Mr. Woodruff gave millions of dollars, almost always anonymously, to education and cultural institutions, including $200 million to Emory University. Jim's first business experience would be in Atlanta working for his uncle Ernest in his streetcar company and his Atlantic Steel Company. Woodruff was born to Frances Ann Dawson (mother) and Robert Norman Woodruff Jr. (father), who were real estate agents. I'm not sure I like to use the word risk taker, but Mack seems very comfortable going to places that have potential danger. PO Box 5312 As saturated as he was with a restless pioneer spirit, we can imagine his father found him a willing companion when he proposed moving to southern lands; and a willing helper wherever they set up a place of business. As a result of her problems with her father as well as marital difficulties, Frances Woodruff began to drink excessively. But when you go back, you realize these countries can get better, and eventually tourists will return. He married Irene Tift King 17 Apr 1918. It was then a plodding company whose soda syrup was sold chiefly to bottlers and drugstores in the South. . What are your professional interests withinmedicine? I enjoy almost anything that gets me outside, from road biking to day hikes. Part of that country you were never really able to access before, but now you can since some of these conflicts have settled down. (Link not working, see WorldConnect database .) Mother Elizabeth Hill b. c 1515, d. 25 Sep 1572 . Were it possible to return along his ancestral lines and meet those responsible for his existence, one might be amazed at how like some of his ancestors a person is in thought and deed. Learn more. In 1859, George joined W.G. In 1916, the three of them organized the Woodruff Company, a highly successful real estate and insurance firm. Thank you for all you do for preservation in Columbus! The will also provides that Frances Woodruff receive no money, although it provides for the establishment of a $200,000 trust to be used on her behalf should she becomes destitute. Because the dollar came hard, it was more thoroughly appreciated. Under his regime sales rose in seven years from $24 million to $30 million, and net profits from $5 million to $13 million. Lebanon, too, is one that's been nothing but conflict there, and now you can see it as fascinating but also beautiful. Selling first in Georgia, Mr. Woodruff persuaded county and town officials to buy White trucks to improve their roads. Nevertheless, he seldom issued a direct order, signed a contract or dispatched a memorandum. After the war, with all resources gone and the mill in desperate need of repair, George convinced business neighbor and friend Riley Brown, proprietor of the Columbus Iron Works, to repair the mill on credit. Woodruff was born in Columbus, Georgia, the son of Ernest Woodruff, an Atlanta businessman who, among other things, was leader of the group of investors who bought The Coca-Cola Company from Asa Griggs Candler in 1919. George, also known as "kid," served as captain of the 1911 team and returned to coach the Bulldogs (for a salary of a dollar a year) from 1923 - 1927. His immediate ancestors are the bearers of those genes, which have been passed down through the ages to each individual in a special formula that helps determine the physical looks, character, and capacity of that person. Site design by, The Architectural Styles of Our Town: Columbus, GA by Historic Columbus is licensed under A, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. In World War II, when sugar was rationed, Coca-Cola got its requirements on the plea that G.I. From this success he moved up to rank as the nation's top truck salesman. The Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life in Georgia. In 1853 the family moved to Juniper, ten miles east of Columbus. It might have started an eternity of eternities ago. Ernest started his business career as a flour salesman for his fathers expanded Empire Mill. ''He has the qualities of inborn leadership; when he's in the room, whoever else is present, Woodruff dominates.''. Being a DO has taught me the utility of medicine being more active and following that up with a focus in sports medicine would be exciting. The Woodruff family established the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) to raise money to assist injured service members, veterans and their families. Born in Columbus, Georgia, in 1889, he worked as a truck salesman for the White Motor Company . He did not require press releases and newspaper and magazine artricles to remind him of his stature, which was abundantly apparent to him in the expanding fortunes of his company and in the expedition with which other men did his bidding. 655 N. Alvernon Way |Suite 228 | Tucson, Arizona 85711 The first record we have of Matthew was when he moved from Hartford, Connecticut, around 1640, some mile west to a settlement which later was incorporated as Farmington. Robert Winship Woodruff was an entrepreneur who made possible the success of the Coca-Cola Company. John Robert Woodruff was born in Fort Dodge, IA, the son of Wilson and Evelyn (Dessinger) Woodruff. An independent private foundation that seeks to improve the quality of life in Georgia by investing in health, education, economic opportunity and the vitality of the community. When following the background of Robert Woodruffs ancestors on both sides of the family, one is impressed that the strides made by the various individuals, the accomplishments, the attitude they had toward life, were no more than a building process toward his business and humanitarian ideals. Copyright 2014-2015 Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Inc. It reached its heyday during the 1870s and 1880s, when it concentrated on flour production. When Joel Hurt, who had married Ernests sister, Annie Bright Woodruff, offered him a position with the Atlanta Consolidated Railway Company, he left his job as a flour salesman for his fathers mill in 1893 and moved to Atlanta with his wife and two young sons, Robert and Ernest, Jr. Ernests rise to prominence in the business world was almost meteoric. When following the background of Robert Woodruffs ancestors on both sides of the family, one is impressed that the strides made by the various individuals, the accomplishments, the attitude they had toward life, were no more than a building process toward his business and humanitarian ideals. As saturated as he was with a restless pioneer spirit, we can imagine his father found him a willing companion when he proposed moving to southern lands; and a willing helper wherever they set up a place of business. Let us know if this information is out of date or incorrect. Stuck in the car for long periods, we had plenty of fights. Robert Craig Woodruff Robert Craig "Woody" Woodruff, 59, of Modesto, died at 7:35 a.m. on Saturday, April 11, 2020. The restless spirit bloomed again. He married Alice Russell in 1573, in Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom. I've been to about 130 countries, so I'm trying to figure out the ones I hadn't been to. Cheri Preston speaks to colleague Bob Woodruff on his son's battle with COVID-19. That's the hope. There was a small home in Wilmington, Del., and a 4,600-acre cattle and horse ranch in Cody, Wyo., once Buffalo Bill's ''Little Gray Home in the West.'' I also like the emphasis placed on integrative medicine. George's older brother, James, Sr., went to Auburn University and graduated in 1900. Published by The Advertiser-Tribune on Nov. 9, 2022. During his coaching career, Columbus became the site of the annual Georgia - Auburn game. Anyone can read what you share. The company's net income for 1984 was $628.8 million on revenues of $7.36 billion. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. "You wake up, and you don't really know the reality of what you have been going through and what the family's going. Serendipitously, the Goetchius and Woodruff families were reunited when, as part of the early historic preservation efforts in Columbus, Jim Woodruff, Jr. (George Woodruff's great-grandson) moved the ornate Goetchius House into the original city on Broadway. Their father, Ernest Woodruff, headed a syndicate that bought the fledgling company in 1919. On other civic levels Mr. Woodruff was equally influential. All evidence is that it took a long-time a-building. He rose from vice president and general manager of the Atlanta Consolidated Railway Company to vice president in charge of the Atlanta Railway and Power Company, which in 1902 combined with the Georgia Railway and Power Company. Robert had many family members and associates who included Gary Clifton and Linda Stalker. Ernest, the third child of George Waldo and Virginia and younger brother of Henry, was born in Columbus in 1863. To help evaluate his driving force, his restless spirit, his deep concern for others, his toughness when necessary to understand the man himself go back several generations for a brief look at those people whose genes culminated in Robert Winship Woodruff (pictured above). Ernest married Emily Caroline Winship of Atlanta in 1885 and carried his bride to live in Columbus, where he remained a salesman for the Empire Mill until 1893. This is the first time since 9/11 that we've been attacked. Dr. Robert A. Woodruff is a family medicine doctor in Wilburton, Oklahoma and is affiliated with McAlester Regional Health Center. If you want to own a piece of Atlanta history, be sure to put in a bid at the auction of items from the estate of Robert W. Woodruff, president of Coca-Cola from 1923 to 1955, and his wife Nell. Clemons and Israel F. Brown in a cotton gin company. Those who knew Mr. Woodruff's business pragmatism and his worldliness were sometimes astonished to find out that he concerned himself with religious matters. With this small start, he resumed operation and in the many years that followed, Empire Mill produced a second fortune for its owner. ''Legions of us, at his behest, have spent harried lives tearing after boats, buses, planes and trains; leaping up in answer to bells, buzzers and bellows; chanting our everlasting litany, 'Yessir, yessir, thatsrightsir, yousaiditsir'; jerking children out of schools, dragging families around the country, doing what comes unnaturally. We are sad to announce that on November 6, 2022, at the age of 75, Robert D. Woodruff of Wilmington, Ohio, born in Fostoria, Ohio passed away. The mill was spared during Wilsons Raid because it produced foodstuffs. Longtime ABC News Correspondent Bob Woodruff's 28 year-old son, Mack, has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Lawyers and family members involved in the contest either refused to comment or could not be reached. When Sir Robert Woodruffe was born in 1547, in Fordwich, Kent, England, his father, William Woodroffe, was 26 and his mother, Mary Margaret Baker, was 22. The nearby mountains, good food, and long sunny days. Additionally, both George and Harry were very involved with the University of Georgia athletics. On August 12, 1968, John was united in marriage to Elaine Christensen at the Riverside Methodist Church in Fort . Bill had been a Teamster truck driver for Yellow Freight Lines as well as an independent tanker. He was also a political and economic power in Atlanta and nationally and a major philanthropist of the period. In the next 24 hours, you will receive an email to confirm your subscription to receive emails . ''It's just that the others won't do anything that they know he is really against.''. Education & Training Hospital Affiliations Honors Columbus, Georgia 31901, Historic Columbus He married Dionysia Calthorpe circa 1585. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Robert D. Woodruff to pay them a last tribute. You can see a lot of old history. A quarter of a century later this became the Georgia Power Company. However, I spent the last few years in Oregon for medical school. As you know, Columbus has longstanding, strong Coca-Cola ties - John Pemberton, Ernest and Robert Woodruff, W.C. Bradley, D.A. The power structure of Atlanta, observers said, was split 50-50, with Mr. Woodruff one 50 and everyone else the other 50. With this small start, he resumed operation and in the many years that followed, Empire Mill produced a second fortune for its owner. Robert Woodruff was born circa 1550 at London, Middlesex, England. And speaking of Coca-Cola, I hope you all will stop by Historic Columbus' John S. Pemberton and Coca-Cola Exhibit on the first floor of the newly renovated 11th Street YMCA Building. Bob Woodruff (right) and his son, Mack, spend time with the "llanero" in Eastern Columbia. ''My job is to sell Coca- Cola, to see that as many people as possible are able to enjoy it,'' he said. His paternal grandfather, George Waldo Woodruff, a New Englander, settled in Columbus, Ga., in 1828 and died a millionaire at the age of 91. Bob Woodruff Bio & Family: Age, Parents, Education. Woodruff, director emeritus of the board of Coca-Cola, died Thursday night at age 95 after a 10-day stay at Emory University Hospital. One of Sir Nicholsons grandsons, Matthew, born in 1612, was the direct bloodline of Robert Woodruff. She has described herself as one of the oldest licensed hang-glider pilots in the United States. He grew up on a farm near Gowrie, IA, and attended school in Calendar, IA. The Foundation received funds from the estate of Woodruff's wife, Nell Hodgson Woodruff, who died in 1968, and from Woodruff's estate. He and Lee have four children. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. That was also the year the name of the bank changed to the Trust Company of Georgia, and in 1904 Ernest Woodruff succeeded Joel Hurt as the banks president. After attending Emory College at Oxford for one term, he decided to work and learn a trade, becoming an apprentice machinist with the General Pipe and Foundry Company in Atlanta. Tel: 520-626-7864 | Questions about the website:Email FCM webmaster|Admin Login, The University of Arizona is an EEO/AA - M/W/D/V Employer. George's son, Ernest, married Emily Winship, whose father was also a Yankee. His office accepts new patients. When you watch this series, you'll have a chance to see these countries in happy times.