Daria and Chip Wood
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| Industry | Science |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Physician Assistant |
| Location | Garland, Texas, United States |
| Introduction | Chip was born in Amsterdam, New York and grew up in Minaville and Glenville, New York. He graduated from BYU in 1973 in industrial design and eventually became Chief of Design for Texas Instruments. Currently he is the Assistant Director of the Arts and Technology program at UT Dallas. Daria was born in Queens, New York; she grew up in Saratoga, California and graduated from BYU in 1981. She received her Masters of Physician Assistant Studies from Albany Medical College in 2010 and works for Nova Medical Centers. Daria and Chip married February 14, 2009 and have a total of seven children; Chip has Nathan, Lorin, and Elizabeth, and Daria has Melissa, Angela, Natalie, and Brandon. Daria's children are married and Melissa has Hugh, Graham, and Angie; Angela has Kara, and Natalie has Elena and Aubrey. Brandon and Kelli are expecting their first child in August 2012. |
| Interests | Music, the arts, restaurants, reading, movies, cooking. Chip: complexity theory, politics, current events. |
| Favorite movies | Cinderella Man, The Princess Bride, Dan in Real Life, Star Wars films, Shadowlands, Chronicles of Narnia films, Lord of the Rings trilogy, 17 Miracles. Chip: Blade Runner, Schindler's List, Red Planet, Hunt for Red October, Camelot, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting. |
| Favorite music | All classical music after the Baroque period, especially Mozart, Debussy, Puccini, Ravel, and Mack Wilberg choral music. Chip: (both of us, actually) Anything from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. |
| Favorite books | Believing Christ, Following Christ, History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, James Michener novels, and most anything historical or biographical. Chip: The Fourth Turning, Not Alone in the Universe and anything on complexity theory, The Age of the Unthinkable, And They Were Not Ashamed. |