Born in Mount Vernon, New York, Wood received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Colgate University in 1927 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1934.
He was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1957 to 1959.
[1] Wood was nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on March 2, 1959, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge William Huntington Kirkpatrick.
He assumed senior status due to a certified disability on June 24, 1971.
Wood served in that capacity until his death on December 17, 1972, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.