Background
Goodrich, Henry Calvin was born on April 24, 1920 in Fayetteville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles Landess and Maude (Baxter) Goodrich.
natural resource and energy company executive
Goodrich, Henry Calvin was born on April 24, 1920 in Fayetteville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles Landess and Maude (Baxter) Goodrich.
Bachelor of Science, University Tennessee, 1943. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Butler University, 1976. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Birmingham Southern College, 1985.
Doctor of Business Administration (honorary), Marion College, 1978. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Alabama, Birmingham, 1986.
Engineer, project engineer, project manager to senior vice-president, director, Rust Engineering Company, Birmingham, Alabama and Pittsburgh, 1946-1967; executive vice president, director, Inland Container Corporation, Indianapolis, 1968-1969; chairman, president, chief Executive officer, Inland Container Corporation, 1970-1979; chairman, Georgia Kraft Company, Rome, Georgia, 1974-1979; president, chief operating officer, SONAT Inc., Birmingham, Alabama, 1980; chairman, president, chief Executive officer, SONAT Inc., 1980-1985; also board directors, SONAT Inc. Board directors Time, Inc., Ball Corporation, Sonat Inc., Cousins Properties, Atlanta, Offshore Company, Sonat Exploration Company, Houston, Temple-Inland, Diboll, Texas.
Board directors, vice chairman Birmingham Museum Art. Member development council University Tennessee. Advisory council University Alabama, Birmingham.
Lieutenant C.E., United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow American Society of Civil Engineers. Member Newcomen Society, Mountain Brook Club, Shoal Creek Club (Birmingham), Lyford Cay Club (Bahamas), Linville (North Carolina) Golf Club, John's Island Club, Rotary, Kappa Alpha, Tau Beta Pi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married Billie Grace Walker, September 10, 1943. Children: Thomas Michael, William Walker, Sydney Lee Goodrich Green.