== Biographical Profile ==
Woodward, born March 26, 1943, in Geneva, Illinois, graduated from Yale University in 1965 and served in the U.S. Navy from 1965 to 1970. [http://www.heroism.org/class/1970/wood.html] [http://www.ukans.edu/~jschool/News/archive/wood/woodback.html]
"Woodward joined the ''Post'' in 1971 from the Montgomery County, Maryland, ''Sentinel'', where he had been a reporter and in 1979, he became assistant managing editor of Metropolitan News. Prior to reporting, Woodward served in the U.S. Navy as a communications officer." [http://www.speakerseries.com/woodward.htm]