Background
Goodrich, Herbert F. was born on July 29, 1889 in Anoka, Minnesota, United States. Son of George Herbert and Mary Ann (Funk) Goodrich.
Goodrich, Herbert F. was born on July 29, 1889 in Anoka, Minnesota, United States. Son of George Herbert and Mary Ann (Funk) Goodrich.
Bachelor of Arts, Carleton College, Minnesota, 1911, Doctor of Civil Law, 1946. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1914. Doctor of Laws, University Pennsylvania, 1929, U. Richmond, 1954, U. Chicago, 1960.
Doctorate. Half-Life, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, 1953.
He also served as the Director of the American Law Institute and chaired the drafting committee for the original version of the Uniform Commercial Code. Goodrich earned his bachelor"s degree from Carleton College in 1911, and his law degree at Harvard Law School in 1914. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Goodrich served as a law professor at University of Iowa College of Law.
He began teaching at Iowa in 1914, and became acting dean in 1921.
He then taught first at the University of Michigan Law School (1922–1929), then at University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as dean from 1929 to 1940. Goodrich was nominated to the bench of the Third Circuit by President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt on March 5, 1940, to a seat vacated by Francis Biddle.
He was confirmed by the Senate on May 7, 1940, receiving his commission on May 10, 1940. In 1947, while serving on the bench of the Third Circuit, he became the Director of the American Law Institute, a position he would hold until his death in 1962.
Member Procedural Rules Committee, Pennsylvania, 1937-1940 (vice chairman). Member Legal Aid Society of Philadelphia (president 1945-1960), Philadelphia Roundtable National Conference Christians and Jews (chairman 1942-1948). Member American, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Michigan bar associations, American Academy Arts, Sciences, American Philosophical Society (former v. p.), American Law Institute (director since 1947), Association Bar New York City, Harvard Law School Association Philadelphia (president 1938-1939), Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Alpha Delta, Alpha Sigma Phi, Order of the Coif, Sphinx Senior Society.
Mason.
Clubs: Contemporary (president 1932-1933), Philadelphia Cricket.
Married Edith Eastman (deceased). Married second, Natalie East. Murphy (deceased). Children: Elizabeth Whitney, Charlotte Anne.