Rear Admiral Robert Reynolds Wooding, 95, passed away April 11, 2012. Robert graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. After two years aboard the battleship USS TENNESSEE he was reassigned to the Civil Engineer Corps and attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY where he received the Bachelor and Master of Civil Engineering degrees. Subsequent duty assignments included Executive Officer of the 143rd Naval Construction Battalion on Samar, and Senior Assistant Public Works Officer on the Staff, Commander Naval Operating Base, Leyte, Samar. He was then assigned as Assistant Resident Officer in charge of Construction and Public Works Officer, Green Cove Springs Naval Station, FL and was engaged in the design and construction of Reserve Fleet piers and support facilities. In 1949 he returned to the U.S. Naval academy as an instructor and taught college physics for four years. After two years at Argentia, Newfoundland as Public Works Officer, and another two years as Executive Officer, Naval Construction Battalion Center, Davisville, RI, he became Resident Officer in charge of Construction, Bureau of Yards and Docks Contracts, Meridian, MS engaged in the design and construction of an entirely new Naval Auxiliary Air Station for jet training. With his Meridian tour completed, he was assigned to Washington, D.C. as director, Maintenance Division, Bureau of Yards and Docks and assisted in the development of the Navy's Maintenance and Utilities Management programs. From 1961 to 1963 he served as Commanding Officer, Public Works Center in RI. His next assignment was Commander, Naval Construction Battalions, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, engaged in overseas construction with the Seabees. He was transferred to Southeast Division, Bureau of Yards and Docks, Charleston, SC where he served as Director. In December 1965, he assumed the duties of Officer in Charge of Construction, Republic of Vietnam, with the rank of Rear Admiral, Civil Engineer Corps. Subsequently, he was assigned various duties with headquarters in Saigon. The work involved the administration and direction of a one billion dollar contract construction program. In 1966 Rear Admiral Wooding was assigned the additional duties of Commander Third Naval Construction Brigade when the Brigade was re-commissioned with headquarters in Saigon. He received the Legion of Merit Medal for exceptionally meritorious service, and in 1966 received the Goethals Medal, an annual national award given by the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) for notable contributions in engineering, design, or construction in the past five years. In1967 he took Command of the Southwest Division Naval Engineering Command in San Diego, CA. After retiring from the Navy in 1970, Rear Admiral Wooding became an Associate Professor of Construction Engineering at ASU in its newly formed School of Construction Management until his retirement in 1987. He was predeceased by his first wife, Ruth, his second wife, Shirley, and his long time companion, Mary Jane Carpenter. He is survived by four children, nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.