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Dr.
Oliver G. Wood Jr.
P.
O. Box 24677
Columbia SC 29223
Phone:
803.736.1300
Email:
owood@charlestonlaw.org
Career
Distinguished
Professor Emeritus, University of South Carolina
Consulting
economist
Ph.D., University of Florida
M.A., University of South Carolina
B.S., University of South Carolina
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Oliver
G. Wood Jr.
Economist-in-residence
Noted South Carolina economist Oliver G. Wood Jr. of Columbia
is economist-in-residence at the Charleston School of Law.
Wood, who received his doctorate in economics from the University
of Florida, has been a consulting economist for attorneys since
1969 in several legal areas, including cases involving personal
injury, business loss, punitive damages, family law and employment
termination.
An organizer and founding director of Republic National Bank
in Columbia, Wood also is a founder and vice chair of BankMeridian
in Columbia and Hilton Head. He has assisted with the organization
of 11 banks, and two savings and loan associations. He has been
a consultant to numerous financial institutions.
Wood, who has published numerous articles, monographs and books,
has been a distinguished professor emeritus at the University
of South Carolina since 1994. Prior to that, he was a professor
of banking and finance at the university.
He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University
of South Carolina.
Wood retired in 1987 as a captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve with
28 years of service.
