World War I Robert Elkington Wood (June 13, 1879 – November 6, 1969) was an American military officer and business executive.

After retiring from the U.S. Army as a brigadier general, Wood had a successful career as a corporate executive, most notably with Sears, Roebuck and Company.

A Republican, Wood was a leader in the Old Right American Conservatism movement from the 1920s through the 1960s[1] as well as a key financial backer of the America First Committee prior to the United States' entry into World War II.

From 1902 to 1903 he was assigned to Fort Assinniboine (Hill County, Montana) and then for three years as an instructor at West Point.

In 1917, on the eve of America's entry into the First World War, Wood returned to the Army as an Infantry Lieutenant Colonel.

Later in the war Wood would serve as transportation director for the entire American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in France.

[11] A great grandson, Keene Addington, is a Chicago restaurateur who currently runs the Tortoise Supper Club.