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Robert B. Wood
Robert B. Wood (1836 – July 1, 1878) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Suffolk.
Born in 1836 in New Garden, Ohio, Wood was still living in that city when he joined the Navy. He served during the Civil War as a coxswain on the . During the Battle of Suffolk on April 14, 1863, he was temporarily assigned
Richard B. Sellars. He helped establish the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the largest philanthropy in the United States devoted exclusively to health and health care.
After having been nominated to the position by Governor of New Jersey William T. Cahill in July 1973, he resigned as one of the six commissioners representing the Garden State on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, citing a conflict with Governor Brendan Byrne over the Port Authority's role in mass transit.
Biography Personal life.
He was a resident of Monmouth Beach