Edgar Jennings Goodrich

Background

Goodrich, Edgar Jennings was born on November 15, 1896 in Anoka, Minnesota, United States. Son of George Herbert and Mary Anne (Funk) Goodrich.

Education

Special course for American soldiers, University of Nancy, France, 1919. Bachelor of Laws, State University of louisiana, 1922.

Career

Admitted to bar, Iowa and Minnesota, 1922, West Virginia, 1923, to District of Columbia bar, 1935. Assistant county attorney, Anoka County, Minnesota, 1922-1923. Removed to Charleston, West Virginia, 1923, and associate in practice with Price, Smith & Spilman, specialized in federal and state taxation.

Appointed member United States Board of Tax Appeals, 1931.

Reentered law practice, charge Washington, District of Columbia, office Guggenheimer & Untermeyer of New York, 1935, now Washington partner. Lecturer, Practicing Law Institute, Federal Taxation.

Achievements

• Edgar Jennings Goodrich has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member national panel arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Served with 3d Minnesota Infantry on Mexican border, 1916. Member American Bar Association (taxation, administrative law sections), American Law Institute, District of Columbia Bar Association Kappa Psi.

Mason.

Clubs: Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, National Press (Washington, District of Columbia).

Connections

Married Beulah East. Lenfest, September 30, 1922. Children: George Herbert, Mary Alice, Charles Lenfest.

Father:

George Herbert Goodrich

Mother:

Mary Anne (Funk) Goodrich

Spouse:

Beulah East. Lenfest

child:

George Herbert Goodrich

child:

Mary Alice Goodrich

child:

Charles Lenfest Goodrich