Bob Woodward

Robert Upshur Bob Woodward is an American investigative journalist and nonfiction author. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter and is now an associate editor of the Post.

Woodward was born in Geneva, Illinois, the son of Jane and Alfred Eno Woodward II, chief judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit Court. He was a resident of Wheaton, Illinois. He enrolled in Yale University with a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps scholarship, and studied history and English literature. While at Yale, Woodward joined the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and was a member of the prestigious secret society Book and Snake. He received his B.A. degree in 1965, and began a fiveyear tour of duty in the United States Navy. At one time, he was close to Admiral Robert O. Welander, being communications officer on the USS Fox under Welanders command.

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