[2][3] He served in the U.S. military during World War II, and attend the Art Students League of New York.
[7][9] From January 1964 to April 1965, Woods served as the director of only the college portion of school, and was succeeded by Fred Martin.
[4][12] While at UC Santa Cruz, Woods created an interdisciplinary arts education experience and invited guests such as avant-garde composer John Cage, and modern dancer Merce Cunningham.
[13] One of his students (and friends) from UC Santa Cruz was Jock Reynolds, former director of Yale Art Gallery.
[13] This was followed in 1975 with Woods working as a director of the Otis Art Institute (now Otis College of Art and Design) in Los Angeles; and later he worked as the deputy director of programs for the Los Angeles Natural History Museum (now Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County).