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THE NEW YORK JOURNAL OF PHARMACY 



Co., which was later merged into the 

 Union Typewriter Co. and finally into 

 the Remington, in which Mr. Woodrufif 

 was a director. 



He was president of the Pneumolectric 

 Co. of Syracuse, manufacturers of elec- 

 tric drills, and of the Jamaica and 

 Garden City Estates, a corporation de- 

 voted to the improvement of outlying 

 suburban property. 



Mr. Woodruff's ancestry and train- 

 ing made him republican in politics and 

 a strong believer in American institu- 

 tions and in the duty of every citizen 

 to take an active interest in the govern- 

 ment of his City, State and Nation and 

 so, shortly after he became a resident of 

 Brooklyn, he joined the young repub- 

 lican club which worked to rescue the 

 city from ring rule, and had much to do 

 with the election of Seth Low as mayor 

 of that city. He continued to work 

 actively in the ranks of his party until 

 Mayor Wurstor appointed him Park 

 Commissioner. To the duties of this 

 ofiice he brought his ripe education, his 

 knowledge of business affairs and en- 

 thusiasm for anything approaching 

 country life, and during his administra- 

 tion he made the public parks of Brook- 

 lyn not only things of beauty, but 

 veritable playgrounds of the people so 

 that at the close of his term, he had be- 

 come one of the most popular men in the 

 city and the acknowledged leader of liis 

 party in Kings County. From this time 

 on he was Chairman of the Kings 

 County delegation to the State conven- 

 tions in which his abilities and popularity 

 were recognized by his nomination for, 

 and election to, the office of Lieutenant- 

 Governor under Governor Black. He 

 filled the duties of this office with the 



same energy and thoroughness that dis- 

 tinguished him in business Hfe and by 

 the close of his term, had won such 

 state wide popularity that he was re- 

 elected to the office of Lieutenant- 

 Governor for the two following terms, 

 serving under Govs. Roosevelt and Odell, 

 a record unprecedented in the history of 

 the State. 



After his retirement froiu official life 

 he continued to take an active interest 

 in political affairs and was delegated to 

 attend the national conventions of the 

 republican party. At the Chicago con- 

 vention of 1912 however, he found him- 

 self unable to accept what he considered 

 the reactionary policies of the party of 

 his life long allegiance, and joined the 

 Progressive movement inaugurated by 

 Theo. Roosevelt. 



Despite of the activities of his business 

 and political life Mr. Woodruff took an 

 active interest in educational affairs. He 

 was President of the Board of Trustees 

 of the Adelphi College of Brooklyn 

 and raised for it the sum of $250,000. 

 He became a member of the College of 

 Pharmacy in 1897 and a life member 

 in 1908. 



Mr. Woodruff was a member of the 

 Masonic fraternity and the Royal 

 Arcanum. He was also a member of 

 the Union League Lotos, University, 

 Hardware and Republican Clubs of New 

 York, and President of the Montauk 

 Club of Brooklyn. 



In his vacation seasons Mr. Wood- 

 ruff was an ardent sportsman. He loved 

 wild life and was a good shot and 

 angler. He developed Kamp-Kora in 

 the Adirondack region where he always 

 spent several weeks both in the summer 

 and winter seasons. 



