Wood, Erskine B. (Erskine Biddle), 1911-2001
Dates
- Existence: 1911 - 2000
Biography
Erskine Biddle Wood was born in 1911. He was the son of Erskine Wood and the grandson of Charles Erskine Scott Wood. He attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School, earning his law degree in 1936. He was a lawyer who specialized in martime law at Wood, Tatum, Sanders & Murphy in Portland, Oregon. During World War II, he served as an administrator in the Navy. Wood died in 2001.
Wood married multiple times. While at Harvard in the 1930s, he and Caroline Elizabeth Hoffman married. They later had three children and divorced in 1956. In 1959, he and Virginia Kuerten Tooze were married. They later had two children and divorced in 1969. Later that same year, Wood and Doreen L. Plympton were married and later divorced in 1974. Sometime later, Wood and Ellen Story Fretz were married. They divorced in 1997. In 2001, Wood and Doris H. Spaulding were married.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Wendell Gray
Oral history interview with Wendell Gray conducted by Elizabeth Reichow and James Strassmaier from January 7, 1992, to October 28, 1993, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Gray was an attorney in Milwaukie, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Erskine B. Wood
Oral history interview with Erskine B. Wood conducted by David Jacobson on May 6, 1999, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Wood was an attorney in Portland, Oregon.