Facts:   - death place: harveys lake , pennsylvania    - successor: frank o'connell john stauffer    - state senate: pennsylvania    - death date: october 1982 -lrb- aged 73 -rrb-    - predecessor: adrian jones stanley stroup    - office: republican whip of the pennsylvania senate      - district: 20th    - term end: november 30 , 1978 november 30 , 1976    - term start: january 7 , 1947 january 7 , 1975    - birth date: july 10 , 1909    - name: t. newell wood    - birth place: harveys lake , pennsylvania   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of t. newell wood .
Answer:
theodore newell wood -lrb- july 10 , 1909 -- october 1982 -rrb- is a former member of the pennsylvania state senate , serving from 1969 to 1978 .