American Society of Aeronautic Engineering. He was one of the original founders and a governor of the Aeroclub. He founded the National Aeroplane Fund to support national defense during WWI, the Aeronautic Federation of the western Hemisphere, and the Patriotic Education Society. He was the director of the American Society of Aeronautic Engineers. He was a permanent delegate to the Conference Committee on National Preparedness, and appointed by NYC Mayor Mitchell to the Committee of 1000. He was a delegate to the second Pan-American Scientific Congress. Woodhouse held memberships in dozens of important clubs, organizations, and societies throughout his lifetime. These were not only related to aviation, but also economic, civic, and scientific. Woodhouse also owned copyrights to many aviation related terms and titles. He was awarded a $25,000 judgement against the famous 1927 movie Wings when the court found that the title was a copyright infringement against Woodhouse's intellectual property. Aero Club When the members of the Aero Club began to split over disagreements about the funds of the Manufacturer's Aircraft Association in 1917–1918, one member, J. C. Mars, accused Woodhouse of being a murderer and a draft dodger. In 1920 Woodhouse sued the club to stop its merger with the American Flying Club. When other members of the Aero Club tried the same merger in 1922, he sued again, claiming that he held the proxy votes of 404 members—but he could not present their signatures in court when ordered to do so. During this court battle, the New York Times wrote an article about the man he had killed. With his reputation damaged, Woodhouse lost his case and the Aero Club then became the National Aeronautic Association. Woodhouse threw his support to a minor rival organization, the Aerial League of America. Oil speculation In 1920–1922, Woodhouse had a hand in forming of an oil syndicate, the Ottoman American Development Company, that - through his connection to admiral Colby M. Chester - gained rights to construct and operate a railroad from Anatolia and the Black Sea and to the exploitation of the oil fields of Mosul. Woodhouse owned 1/6 of the capital stock. He was also a director of the Turco-American Corporation, which had options to build the city of Ankara. Woodhouse supported the French foreign policy, which wanted to return the defeated sultan to his throne to keep the Ottoman Empire together. His plans fell apart when Kemal