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DeVolson Wood

DeVolson Wood

Years at Michigan: 1857 - 1872
Engineering
| Civil |
Literature, Science, and the Arts
| Physics |
Professor/Chair Civil Engineering and Physics 1857-1872

Faculty Member Resources

September 1, 1872
Regents' Proceedings
August 1, 1918
The Michigan Alumnus