Frank E. Wood

Frank Edwin Wood (February 26, 1891 – January 1, 1972), incorrectly identified as Frank E. Worth in current media guides, was an American football coach and mathematics professor.

Frank E. Wood
Biographical details
Born(1891-02-26)February 26, 1891
Wamego, Kansas
DiedJanuary 1, 1972(1972-01-01) (aged 80)
Creswell, Oregon
Alma materBaker (KS) (BA, 1912)
Kansas (AM, 1914)
Chicago (Ph.D., 1920)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1917New Mexico
Head coaching record
Overall1–2

Education

Wood received a B.A. from Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas in 1912, an AM degree from the University of Kansas in 1914,[1] and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1920.

Coaching career

He served as the head football coach at the University of New Mexico in 1917, accepting duties on short notice while regular coach Ralph Hutchinson was called into military service during World War I.[2]

Academic career

Wood served as a faculty member at a number of institutions, including Northwestern University,[3] Princeton University, the University of Oregon, as well as the University of New Mexico.[4]

gollark: > if you actually let natural selection work, anything other than straight would get selected outAnd yet it wasn't. Weird.
gollark: I mean, it's "natural" in the sense of "nature produced it".
gollark: > If we’re gonna have this cancerous discussion, then there’s a theory that homosexuality is actual selected for, as a way to reduce how quickly we approach the environmental carrying capacityLike I said, natural selection doesn't exactly optimize for what's best for the *group*.
gollark: I mean, we *are* born with... brain things... which make us susceptible *to* belief in god.
gollark: I'm putting "wants" in quotes because evolution isn't an agent and doesn't literally "want" anything.

References
  1. "Titles to Theses Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Advanced Degrees in the Graduate School". University of Kansas. 1920. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  2. "The Mirage". 1918. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  3. "Register of Doctors of Philosophy of the University of Chicago, June 1893-December 1921". University of Chicago Press. 1922. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  4. "Catalogue of the University of New Mexico". University of New Mexico. 1918. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
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