George Washington Woodruff
Yale University. Skull and Bones.
Member American Forestry Association, Society of American Foresters, and Philadelphia County Bar Association; attended Presbyterian Church. Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa
Since 1931 - Public Service Commissioner of Pennsylvania
Resumed practice in Philadelphia and also served as special adviser to Governor Gifford Pinchot (S&B 1889) 1923 to 1927 and 1931 to 1935, on utilities.
1923 to 1927 - Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
22 Jun 1921 - in Baltimore, Md., Anna Elfreda, daughter of Francis Elliott and Anna Elizabeth (Glidden) Foster, of Warren, Pa. No children.
1920 to 1921 - Chief of the Bureau of Lands of Pennsylvania Department of Forestry.
1918 to 1920 - Served as special counsel of Pennsylvania Conservation Commission and the Pennsylvania State Grange.
1918 to 1920 - Practiced law again in Philadelphia.
1910 to 1918 - General counsel, secretary, and treasurer in New York City of Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company of Virginia and West Virginia.
1909 to 1910 - U. S. District Judge for Territory of Hawaii.
1909 to 1910 - Regent of the College of Hawaii.
1908 - Secretary of lands section of National Conservation Commission.
1907 to 1909 - U. S. Assistant Attorney General, attached to the De-partment of the Interior by President Theodore Roosevelt (Freemason)
June to Oct 1907 - Acting Secretary of the Interior, Secretary Ethan Hitchcock and James R. Garfield by President Theodore Roosevelt (Freemason)
1903 to 1907 - Law officer of U. S. Forestry Service.
4 Aug 1898 - in Philadelphia, Maud Donald, daughter of George and Margaret (McAlley) Macbnde. Mrs. Woodruff died May 18, 1918.
1895 to 1902 - served in Naval Reserve as Gunner’s Mate and chief petty officer.
1895 to 1902 - Admitted to Pennsylvania and U. S. courts and practiced in Philadelphia.
1892 to 1901 - Football coach at University of Pennsylvania.
1892 to 1895 - Studied law at University of Pennsyl-vania (LL.B. 1895);
1889 to 1891 - Taught athletics at The Hill School and 1891 to 1890, Penn Charter School, Philadelphia.
1889 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch.[1]
Died 23 Mar 1934, coronary occlusion following an attack of pleurisy. Buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. Survived by wife. Age 70
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