Background
Goodrich, James William was born on October 31, 1939 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of Martin Glenn and Marion Elizabeth (Prasse) Goodrich.
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Goodrich, James William was born on October 31, 1939 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of Martin Glenn and Marion Elizabeth (Prasse) Goodrich.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Center Missouri State University, 1962. Master of Arts, University Missouri, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, University Missouri, 1974.
Archivist Secretary of State, Missouri, 1966. Assistant then associate editor State History Society Missouri, Columbia, 1967-1978, associate director, 1978-1985, director, from 1985, retired, 2004. Consultant United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, Columbia, 1976, Museum History and Science, Kansas City, Missouri, 1978, Missouri State Museum, 1989, Missouri Department Conservation, 1990, 91, 95, 97.
Member Missouri History Records Advisory Board, Jefferson City, since 1985, State Records Commission, Jefferson City, since 1984, Missouri Board Geographic Names, since 1995. Director Western History Manuscript Collection, since 1985. Adjunct professor history University Missouri, Columbia, since 1988.
Member Planning and Zoning Commission, Columbia, 1975-1977. Councilman City of Columbia, 1977-1979, 79-81. Chairman city audit committee, Columbia, 1981-1988.
Vice president Friends of Missouri St. Archives, 1989-1994. Member 13th Judicial Circuit Bar Review Committee, 1991-1997. Board directors Missouri Mansion Preservation Inc., since 1991.
Board directors Boone County Community Trust, since 1992. Member executive committee Missouri State University Alumni Association, 1988-1992, president 1991. Member 6th Regional Disciplinary Committee Missouri Judiciary, since 1997.
Member Missouri Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Committee, since 1997. Member Organization American Historians, Western History Association, American Association for State & Local History, Conservation Federation Missouri, Ducks Unlimited, Missouri Museum Association, Missouri Press Association, Wild Canid Survival and Research Center.
Married Linda Marlyse Andreoli, August 31, 1963 (divorced August 1989). Children: Anne Marlyse, Kimberly Annual.