[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 23, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S326-S327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          ARTHUR M. WOOD, JR.

 Mr. MACK. Mr. President, I rise today to honor Arthur M. Wood, 
Jr., who will be awarded the Institute of Human Relations Award on 
February 20, 1996 by the southwest Florida chapter of the American 
Jewish Committee. The award is given annually to a member of the 
community who best exemplifies what the institute stands for--building 
mutual respect and understanding among America's diverse population 
groups.
  Arthur M. Wood, Jr. was born in Chicago on October 11, 1950. After 
growing up in northern Illinois and southern California, he graduated 
from Princeton University with a B.A. degree in 

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English in 1972. In 1975, he received his master's degree from 
Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management with a 
concentration in finance, marketing, and organizational behavior.
  Art was appointed president of Northern Trust Bank in 1987. Since 
that time he and his wife Peggy, a former vice president of J. Walter 
Thompson Co., helped raise millions of dollars for philanthropies in 
the Sarasota area.
  Art's continuous involvement in the community has included 
philanthropies and civic causes of all sizes and scope. He chairs the 
Van Wezel Foundation and is a former treasurer. He is chairman of New 
College Foundation; and a member of the Asolo Center's board of 
directors. He is past chairman of the Sarasota Memorial Hospital 
Century Foundation and the past president of the United Way of 
Sarasota. He is chairman of the Out-of-Door Academy and a former board 
member of Florida West Coast Symphony, the Salvation Army, and the 
Education Foundation. He was chairman of the 1990-91 United Way 
Campaign and has served on the advisory boards of Sarasota Ballet and 
Girl's Inc. He also cochaired the 1991 French Film Festival with his 
wife Peggy.
  In addition to his individual efforts, he has participated in and 
supported Peggy in her many charitable endeavors, which include, but 
are not limited to, the following: chair of the 1995 New College 
Auction, chair of the 1994 Circus Gala at Ringling Museum, chair of the 
1994 Sarasota Opera's Youth Festival, chair of the 1992 Memorial 
Hospital Cartoon Classic, chair of the 1991 New College Library 
Association Mistletoe Ball, chair of the 1990 Family Counseling 
Center's benefit, and chair of the 1989 Orchid Ball.
  Mr. President, as you can see Art has not limited his benevolence to 
specific organizations, instead his influence is felt across the entire 
Sarasota community. He has done more charitable work in 10 years than 
most of us could hope to do in a lifetime. The great State of Florida 
is a better place because of Art Wood's commitment to his community. 
Mr. President, I will conclude by commending the southwest Florida 
chapter of the American Jewish Committee, especially the committee's 
president Robert Rosenthal and director Harriet Abraham, for their 
dedication in recognizing this year's recipient of the 1996 Human 
Relations Award, Arthur M. Wood, Jr.

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