over much of the company's direction for almost 60 years. Woodruff died on March 7, 1985, at the age of 95. He was buried at the Westview Cemetery in southwest Atlanta. The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation received funds from the estate and continues his legacy of philanthropy in the state of Georgia. Legacy In 1979, Woodruff and his brother George W. Woodruff gave $105 million to Emory University; they would eventually give a total of $230 million. Several buildings on the Emory campus are named for him and members of his family. The Robert W. Woodruff Professorships are named for him. He also gave large sums of money to other area colleges and universities and to Woodward Academy (formerly Georgia Military Academy) in College Park and the Westminster Schools in Atlanta. A Boy Scout camp in Blairsville, Georgia named the Robert W. Woodruff Scout Reservation, which is run by the Atlanta Area Council, was built following major donations from the Woodruff Foundation and Coca-Cola. Atlanta's largest cultural institution, the Woodruff Arts Center, benefited from his gifts and is named for him, as is Woodruff Park. A Robert W. Woodruff library is located in the Atlanta University Center and serves Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University. Another Robert W. Woodruff Library houses Emory University's main library. Woodruff was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1977. Woodruff was instrumental in the success of the dinner held in Atlanta honoring the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., after King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Ticket sales were lagging until Woodruff signaled his support for the dinner. References Further reading Allen, Frederick, Secret Formula, HarperCollins, 1994. . Pendergrast, Mark, For God, Country, and Coca-Cola, Basic Books, 2000. . Kennedy, Doris Lockerman Devotedly, Miss Nellie, A Biographical Tribute to Nell Hodgson Woodruff, ASIN: B0006EDMMI Emory University, 1982. External links Robert W. Woodruff Foundation at the New Georgia Encyclopedia Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Robert Winship Woodruff papers, 1819-1996 1889 births 1985 deaths American drink industry businesspeople Coca-Cola people Businesspeople from Atlanta People from Columbus, Georgia History of Atlanta American chief executives of food industry companies 20th-century American philanthropists Woodward Academy alumni 20th-century American businesspeople