Harland Goff Wood (September 2, 1907 – September 12, 1991) was an American biochemist notable for proving in 1935 that animals, humans and bacteria utilized carbon dioxide. ^{[2] [1] [3] [4] [5]} Wood was a recipient of the National Medal of Science.^[1][3] Wood was on the President's Science Advisory Committee under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon.^[1][3] Wood was also a member of the National Academy of Sciences,^[1][3] a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,^[1] and of the Biochemical Society of Japan.^[1] He was also first director of the Department of Biochemistry at the School of Medicine and Dean of Sciences, Case Western Reserve University.^[3]

Chronology

• 1907: born in Delavan, MN, to Inez Goff and William Clark Wood
• 1931: B.A., Macalester College^[3]
• 1935: Ph.D. Iowa State University^[3]
• 1936-1943: taught Bacteriology at Iowa State University^[3]
• 1943-1946: taught Physiology at the University of Minnesota^[3]
• 1946-67: director of the Department of Biochemistry at the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University^[3]