Background
Goodman, Howard was born on February 17, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Herbert Edward and Jean (Strawbridge) Goodman.
Goodman, Howard was born on February 17, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Herbert Edward and Jean (Strawbridge) Goodman.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1919. Master of Business Administration, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1923.
With Goodman Manufacturing Company (now Mangood Corporation), manufacturers coal mining machinery, from 1923, director, from 1931, president, 1958-1963, from 1966, chairman, chief Executive officer, from 1958. Director Superior Steel & Mallcable Castings Company (Benton Harbor, Michigan). Director Southeast Chicago Commission.
Trustee University of Chicago Baptist Theological Union, Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago, Hull House Association.
Clubs: University, Quadrangle, Commercial (Chicago).
Married Anna Frances Paton, June 8, 1921. Children: Jean (Stumpf), Thomas (deceased), Margaret (Backes).