What is Robert Coldwell Wood?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Robert Wood |image = Robert C. Wood, the second Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.jpg |office = 2nd [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] |president = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] |term_start = January 7, 1969 |term_end = January 20, 1969 |predecessor = [[Robert C. Weaver]] |successor = [[George W. Romney]] |birth_date = {{birth date|1923|9|16}} |birth_place = [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2005|4|1|1923|9|16}} |death_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|Margaret Byers|March 22, 1952<!--|April 1, 2005-->}} |children = 3, including [[Frank Wood (actor)|Frank]] and [[Maggie Hassan|Maggie]] |education = [[Princeton University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Master of Public Administration|MPA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]) |allegiance = {{flag|United States|1912}} |branch = {{army|United States}} |rank = [[Sergeant]] |battles = [[World War II]] |mawards = [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] }} '''Robert Coldwell Wood''' (September 16, 1923 &ndash; April 1, 2005) was an American political scientist, academic and politician. He was a professor of political science at [[MIT]]. From 1965 to 1969, Wood was the Under Secretary of the [[Department of Housing and Urban Development]] under President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. For two weeks in January 1969, he was the 2nd [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]. Wood died from [[stomach cancer]] at his home in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], on April 1, 2005 at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Martin |first1=Douglas|title=Robert Wood, Education Expert, Dies at 81|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/education/robert-wood-education-expert-dies-at-81.html|accessdate=21 June 2016|work=New York Times|date=5 April 2005}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}