Background
Goethe, Charles Matthias was born on March 28, 1875 in Sacramento. Son of Henry John and Louisa (Denger) Goethe.
Goethe, Charles Matthias was born on March 28, 1875 in Sacramento. Son of Henry John and Louisa (Denger) Goethe.
Student in public schools.
President various Goethe firms, 1900-1910, Goethe Bank, since 1906. Founder Sacramento Church Council, California Council Churches, National Parks Ranger Naturalist Movement, Eugenics Society Northern California, Sacramento Playground System. Member of advisory board Sacramento Mental Health Association, Independence Foundation, Theodore Payne Foundation.
Board directors Crocker Art Gallery Museum, California Junior Museum, Forest Genetics Foundation, American Business Men’s Research Foundation, International Council Religious Education, Nature Conservancy. Chairman of the Board Sacramento State College, since 1947 (Charles M. Goethe Arboretum named in his honor 1959).
Member of advisory board Sacramento Mental Health Association, Independence Foundation, Theodore Payne Foundation. Fellow Eugenics Society Great Britain, Texas Academy Sciences, Royal Society Arts, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Genetics Association (advisory board), Save The Redwoods League (international council), Golden Bear Society, Eugenics Society Australia, Nova Scoti Institute Sciences, academics science, California, New York, B.C. and Texas, California History Society, American Name Society, American Association Museums, American Association Gifted Children, American Geography Society, Children’s Museums, National Audubon Society, National Park Natural History Association, Population Reference Bureau, English-Speaking Union, American Scandinavian Foundation, Sacramento Minerol.
Society, Astronomical Society, American Wilderness Society, Appalachian Trailways Conference, Cooper Ornithological Society, Fauna Preservation Society, International Committee Bird Conservation, Isaac Walton League American, International Zoological Society, Sunset Parlor Native Sons Golden West (past president), Wildlife Management Institute, San Francisco Zoological Society, S.A.R., Omicron Delta Alpha. Mason (Shriner, 33°). Clubs: Sierra, Commonwealth.
Married Mary Glide, December 3, 1903 (deceased).