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William Culham Woodward
William Culham Woodward, also known as Billy Woodward and Willy Woodward, (April 24, 1885 – February 24, 1957)〔(Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon website )〕〔(KnowBC.com website biography )〕 was a member of a successful merchandising family in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Heir to the Woodward's department store chain founded by his father Charles A. Woodward in 1891, he started out in 1907 as a bookkeeper for the store, ultimately rising to become company president in 1937 upon his father's death.〔(British Columbia Archival Information Network, Woodward family fonds description )〕〔(KnowBC.com website biography )〕 He was succeeded in that capacity by his son, Charles N. "Chunky" Woodward in 1956.〔("Chunky Woodward", Trailblazers biography, CowboyCountryTV.com )〕
Among the many other positions Woodward held were Charter Member of the Board of the Bank of Canada from its founding in March, 1935; President of the Vancouver Board of Trade; Life Governor of the Vancouver General Hospital; Founder and Patron of the Vancouver Little Theatre. During World War I, he served overseas in the First Canadian Heavy Artillery.〔(KnowBC.com website biography )〕 Woodward was, like his father, a member of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon of the International Order of Freemasonry.〔(Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon website )〕
Woodward served as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1941 to 1946.〔(Former Lieutenant Governors Timeline, Lieutenant Governor of BC website )〕
==See also==
*Woodward (disambiguation)
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