Robert Winship Woodruff (December 6, 1889 – March 7, 1985) was the president of The Coca-Cola Company from 1923 until 1954. With his enormous Coke fortune, he was also a major philanthropist, and many educational and cultural landmarks in Atlanta, Georgia, bear his name. December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in leap years). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL, A-Town, Home of the Oomp Camp Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area    - City 343. ...

Woodruff was born in Columbus, Georgia, the son of Ernest Woodruff, an Atlanta businessman who, among other things, was leader of the group of investors who bought The Coca-Cola Company from Asa Griggs Candler in 1919. Columbus is a city in Muscogee County, Georgia, United States. ... Ernest Woodruff was an important businessman in Atlanta. ... The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. ... Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 - March 12, 1929) was a business tycoon who made most of his money selling Coca-Cola. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

After graduating from the Georgia Military Academy he attended the Oxford, Georgia, campus of Emory University (see Oxford College of Emory University) for one term before giving up on education. Spurning his father's work offers, he began work as a laborer at a foundry then as a machinist at General Fire Extinguisher where he worked his way into sales. He then did accept a job offer from his father at Atlantic Ice and Coal Company but left after differences with him. Woodruff parlayed his love of early automobiling into a sales position at White Motor Company based in Cleveland, Ohio, and quickly rose to become vice president of that company. During World War I, Woodruff joined the US Ordnance Department where he promoted a truck design that only White Motors could fulfil, giving the company huge war-time sales. Woodward Academys Front Gate (Main Campus) Woodward Academy is a private day school located in College Park, Georgia, USA. It was founded in 1900 as the Georgia Military Academy, a military boarding school for boys. ... Oxford is a city located in Newton County, Georgia. ... Emory University is a private university in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. ... Oxford College is an intimate, two-year residential college specializing in the foundations of liberal arts education, and is one of nine divisions of Emory University. ... White Motor Company, American automobile manufacturers In 1876, Thomas H. White incorporated his business in Cleveland, Ohio, as the White Sewing Machine Co. ... Nickname: The Forest City Motto: Progress and Prosperity Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Cuyahoga Founded 1796 Incorporated 1836 Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Area    - City 82. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz... Branch insignia of Ordnance Corps The Ordnance Corps is a combat service support branch of the United States Army. ...

When Coca-Cola got into financial difficulty, the board elected Robert Woodruff as president at the age of 33. Woodruff built Coca-Cola into an international company, establishing a foreign department in 1926. He stepped down as president in 1954, but remained on the board of directors until 1984. He died in 1985 and was buried at Westview Cemetery. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Westview Cemetery was established on Atlantas west side when Oakland Cemetery was mostly filled out in the 1880s. ...

In 1979, Woodruff and his brother gave $105 million to Emory University and would eventually give a total of $230 million dollars to Emory. Several buildings on the Emory campus are named for him and members of his family. He also gave large sums of money to other area colleges and universities and to the prestigious Woodward Academy (formerly Georgia Military Academy) and to the Westminster Schools in Atlanta. Atlanta's largest cultural institution, the Woodruff Arts Center benefited from his gifts and is named for him, as is Woodruff Park. (Woodruff Dam is not named after him, but rather for Jim Woodruff.) For the Smashing Pumpkins song, see 1979 (song). ... The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ... // Name The Westminster Schools Address 1424 West Paces Ferry Road, N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Established 1951; traces origins to 1878 Community Suburban Religion Christian (non-denominational) Students Coeducational Grades Pre-first to 12 Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Mascot Wildcat Colors Forest Green and White Motto And... The Woodruff Arts Center is an arts center in the Midtown district of Atlanta, Georgia. ... Wide sidewalk along the parks west side Curved fountain on the parks northern edge Woodruff Park, named for Robert W. Woodruff, is located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. ...

References

• Allen, Frederick, Secret Formula, HarperCollins, 1994. ISBN 0-88730-751-5.
• Pendergrast, Mark, For God, Country, and Coca Cola, Basic Books, 2000. ISBN 0-465-05468-4.

External link

• New Georgia Encyclopedia [1]