Background
Goodrich, Donald Wells was born on January 20, 1898 in Brooklyn. Son of Charles Howard and Matilda Antoinette (Brant) Goodrich.
Goodrich, Donald Wells was born on January 20, 1898 in Brooklyn. Son of Charles Howard and Matilda Antoinette (Brant) Goodrich.
AB, Williams College, 1918; AM, Harvard University, 1920; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1923, 24; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Emerson College, 1958.
Master in English, Hoosac (New York) School, 1921; master in English, Lawrenceville (New Jersey) School, 1921-1923; head master, Great Neck (Long Island) Prep School, 1923-1928; senior master lower school, Tamalpais School, San Rafael, California, 1928-1932; head master, Calvert Primary School, Baltimore, 1932-1940; educational researcher, Harvard Graduate School Education, 1940-1942; registrar, director admissions, professor humanities, Suffolk U., Boston, 1947-1956; dean, registrar,, Suffolk U., Boston, 1956-1992. Served S.A.T.C., Williams, 1918.
Member Educational Records Bureau New York, 1933-1940. Lieutenant colonel adjunct gens. department United States Army, 1942-1947. Member Private School Association Baltimore (president 1937-1938), Country Day School Headmasters Association, American Conference Academy Deans, National Education Association, Publicity Club, Massachusetts Schoolmasters Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Violet Elizabeth Walser, June 24, 1922. Children: Donald Wells, Charles Howard, Alice Jacqueline.