Background
Goodwin, George Evans was born on June 20, 1917 in Atlanta. Son of George and Carrie (Clark) Goodwin.
Goodwin, George Evans was born on June 20, 1917 in Atlanta. Son of George and Carrie (Clark) Goodwin.
He graduated in 1939 with an Bachelor of Arts degree and a certificate in journalism from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
During World World War II he served for three years in the United States Navy, including twenty months on operations as an intelligence officer During his long career in journalism he has reported for The Atlanta Journal and Atlanta Georgian (both of which James M Cox had acquired in December 1939), the Washington Times-Herald and The Miami Daily News (another Cox property). The Georgia chapter of the Public Relations Society of America"s annual award for volunteer service in named in his honor.
An authority on public relations, Goodwin has advised civic leaders including former Atlanta mayors Maynard Jackson and Shirley Franklin, as well as Ambassador Andrew Young.
In his spare time he has also been a Rotarian Senior Counselor. He died at the age of 97 on January 21, 2015.
Chairman Atlanta Bicentennial Commission, 1974-1976. Trustee emeritus Oglethorpe University. Life director Alliance Theater.
Elder Presbyterian Church. Member Georgia Citizens year 2000 Task Force, 1999-2000. Member Sons of the American Revolution, Public Relations Society of America, Rotary International, Delta Tau Delta, Society Professional Journalists/Sigma Delta Chi (award for general reporting on vote fraud 1948), Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Lois Milstead, November 2, 1940 (deceased December 2005). Children: Clark, Allen.