Robert Winship Woodruff (Robert Winship Woodruff)

Robert Winship Woodruff

Businessman. Served as President of the Coca Cola Company, and is credited with really building the company. Some of his early accomplishments was the pioneering use of service stations as major new retail outlets, and the use of the cooler and forced bottlers to comply with company standards that insured a uniform drink.  Family links:  Parents:  Ernest Woodruff (1863 – 1944)  Emily Caroline Winship Woodruff (1867 – 1939)  Spouse:  Nell Kendall Hodgson Woodruff (1892 – 1968)*  Siblings:  Robert Winship Woodruff (1889 – 1985)  Ernest Woodruff (1893 – 1896)*  George Waldo Woodruff (1895 – 1987)* *Calculated relationship

Born

  • December, 06, 1889
  • USA

Died

  • March, 03, 1985
  • USA

Cemetery

  • Westview Cemetery
  • Georgia
  • USA

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