Arthur H. Woods
Arthur H. Woods | |
|---|---|
 Woods circa 1920-1930 | |
| New York City Police Commissioner | |
| In office 1914–1918 | |
| Appointed by | John Purroy Mitchel |
| Preceded by | Douglas Imrie McKay |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Hamilton Bugher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur Hale Woods January 29, 1870 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Died | May 12, 1942 (aged 72) Washington, D.C., US |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 4 |
Trinity College | |
| Occupation | Educator, journalist, military and law enforcement officer |
Colonel Arthur Hale Woods (January 29, 1870 – May 12, 1942) was an American educator, journalist, military and law enforcement officer. One of the most prominent police reformers during the early 20th century, he served as deputy New York City Police Commissioner from 1907 to 1909 and later became New York City Police Commissioner in 1914. During his time with the New York City Police Department, he was largely responsible for initiating the application of criminology and sociology in modern policing.[1]
In his later years, Woods worked with the
Board of Education and presided as president and chairman of the board of Rockefeller Center
.
Early life
Arthur Woods was born in
Trinity College, Connecticut in 1910.[3]
Career
After his post-graduate work in Berlin, he became a schoolmaster at
presidency of the United States. In 1905, he accompanied William Howard Taft, Nicholas Longworth, and Alice Roosevelt to the Philippines and then continued alone traveling the world for another year before returning to the United States.[2]
Leaving Groton after a decade of service, his interest in
New York Evening Sun for $15 a week. He became interested in police work while working as a reporter and soon gained the attention of the Police Commissioner Theodore A. Bingham, who liked his ideas for reforming the police system, and led to his appointment as deputy police commissioner of the New York City Police Department in 1907.[2][4]
Woods was responsible for instituting better police training by introducing an official
physical training.[2] A staunch advocate of community policing, Woods believed that the common rank-and-file policeman should be in a position of social importance and public value. He also felt that the public would benefit if they were more informed of issues affecting the community and the local police precinct. As part of that system, he published the first safety booklet available to the general public.[5]
During his time as deputy commissioner, Woods became well educated on gang related violence and was a supporter of Inspector
Italian-American neighborhoods. He was partially responsible for its revival following Petrosino's murder in 1908, although the squad remained more low-profile than its previous incarnation. It was not officially reinstated for another decade.[6] A year later, he left the NYPD and went into the lumber business in Mexico and the cotton converting business in Boston before returning to the police force five years later.[2]
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As part of newly elected Mayor
John Hylan, a Brooklyn judge, in 1917.[6]
Military service
That same year, he became an assistant director on the
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (France).[8]
Following the end of
Board of Education and presided as president and chairman of the board of Rockefeller Center. In addition, he assisted John D. Rockefeller in the restoration of historic Williamsburg, Virginia, a near four-year project lasting from 1927 until 1931. In the early years of the Great Depression, he was the chairman of the President Herbert Hoover's Committee on Employment.[2][4]
In 1937, he retired from public life due to ill health and settled at 3014 North Street in Washington, D.C. where he lived with his wife for several years.[3]
Personal life
On June 10, 1916, Woods married
- John Pierpont Woods (1918–2012), who married Claire Warren Streeter (1920–2006),[10] daughter of Edward Streeter, in 1947.[11] They divorced in 1953,[12] and in 1954,[13] he married Joan Holden, daughter of Hale Holden Jr. of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[14][15]
- Leonard Hamilton Woods, who married Anina Paepcke, the daughter of
- Alexander Hamilton Woods[20]
- Carolie Frances Woods (1927–2008), who married Valentine Hollingsworth, Jr., in 1948.[21][22] She later married Marshall Hays Noble (1923–2002).[23][24]
Woods died from a
Woods family cemetery in Ipswich, Massachusetts.[2] Arthur Hale Woods was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[3]
After his death, his widow remarried to the banker and diplomat
North Atlantic Treaty Organization.[28][29] Helen died at the age of 88 on January 25, 1985 in Mystic, Connecticut.[9][30][31]
Bibliography
- Crime Prevention (1918)
- Policeman and Public (1919)
- Dangerous Drugs (1930)
See also
References
- ^ "Arthur Woods Biography". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Arthur Woods, 72, Is Dead In Capital. Police Commissioner Here in 1914 to '18 Introduced New Methods of Enforcement. Air Colonel With The A.E.F.; Sociologist, Former Reporter, Taught Roosevelt at Groton. Wed Late J.P. Morgan Kin". The New York Times. 13 May 1942. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
- ^ a b c Arlington National Cemetery
- ^ a b c d e f g "Col. Arthur Woods Succumbs at 72". Evening Independent. 13 May 1942
- ISBN 0-7385-4506-6
- ^ ISBN 0-8050-7798-7
- ISBN 1-56025-275-8
- ^ a b "Harvard Man May Land Chief Prohibition Post". The Harvard Crimson. 17 Jan 1925
- ^ a b "Helen H. Burgess Dies at 88; Historic Preservation Leader". The New York Times. 28 January 1985. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Claire Wood". legacy.com. The Berkshire Eagle. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "J. P. WOODS TO WED CLARE W. STREETER; Son of Police Ex-Commissioner, Kin of Morgans and Hamilton, to Marry Smith Alumna". The New York Times. 17 March 1947. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (21 July 1953). "Mrs. J. P. Woods Wins Divorce". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (11 April 1954). "MISS JOAN HOLDEN A BRIDE IN CHAPEL; Wed to John Pierpont Woods, Naval Air Arm Veteran, at Christ Church, Methodist". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (15 January 1954). "MISS JOAN HOLDEN BECOMES ENGAGED Hall-School Graduate Will Be Wed to John P. Woods, Son of Late Police Commissioner". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (29 January 1955). "Daughter to Mrs. John Woods". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Times, Special to The New York (19 September 1948). "COLORADO WEDDING FOR ANINA PAEPCKE | She ls Bride in Sedalia Church of Leonard Woods, Son of Former Police Head Here". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (14 April 1960). "WALTER PAEPCKE, ART PATRON, DIES; Developer of Aspen, Colo., as Cultural Center Was Head of Container Corporation". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Mrs. Paepcke Woods Becomes Bride of Ian Morgan Hamilton (January 27, 1963)". Chicago Tribune. January 27, 1963. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths HAMILTON, IAN MORGAN". The New York Times. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Goldberg, Haley (8 November 2015). "Burr killed Hamilton in a duel, now their descendants are BFFs". New York Post. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (28 May 1948). "TROTH ANNOUNCED OF CAROLIE WOODS; Member of Noted Family the Fiancee of Lieut. Valentine Hollingsworth Jr., USMC". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Times, Special to The New York (3 October 1948). "CAROLIE F. WOODS GEORGETOWN BRIDE Daughter of Ex-Commissioner of Police in New York Wed to Valentine Hollingsworth Jr". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths NOBLE, CAROLIE WOODS". The New York Times. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths NOBLE, MARSHALL HAYS". The New York Times. 11 January 2002. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (22 February 1955). "W. Randolph Burgess, Treasury Of fleet, Will Many Mrs. Arthur Woods M". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "MONEY SITUATION GOOD DR. BURGESS DECLARES; Federal Reserve Official Talks to Credit Men--Circulation Down $150,000,000". The New York Times. 18 March 1930. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Burgess on Advisory Council". The New York Times. 4 January 1947. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Blair, W. Granger (4 September 1959). "PRESIDENT GIVES NATO ASSURANCE; Stresses U.S. Support for Alliance in a Speech on Visit to Headquarters". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (6 November 1978). "OBITUARIES | Eisenhower Administration Official". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Helen Hamilton Burgess, the great-great-granddaughter of American revolutionary Alexander..." UPI. January 26, 1985. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Helen Burgess, Was WAC Aide During WW II". The Washington Post. 28 January 1985. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
Further reading
- Palmiotto, Michael. Community Policing: A Policing Strategy for the 21st Century. Gaithersburg, Maryland: Aspen Publishers, 2000. ISBN 0-8342-1087-8
- Ronnie, Art. Counterfeit Hero: Fritz Duquesne, Adventurer and Spy. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995. ISBN 1-55750-733-3
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arthur Woods.
- Works by or about Arthur H. Woods at Internet Archive
- Arthur Woods Papers (Library of Congress)
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