John Kestner Goodman

Background

Goodman, John Kestner was born on August 1, 1920 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Barney and Sophia (Kestner) Goodman.

Education

Student, University Pennsylvania, 1938—1940. Bachelor summa cum laude, Yale University, 1942.

Career

Owner, operator H Bar A Ranch, Mammoth, Arizona, 1944—1946. Director Goodman Properties, Tucson, since 1946. Partner Ashton Goodman Properties, since 1948, Kittle, Goodman Hook Bar Ranch, Show Low, 1955—1966.

Founding director Catalina SAvings and Loan Company, Tucson, 1959—1982. Owner, director ranch Australia, since 1970. With United States Army, 1942-1943.

Achievements

• John Kestner Goodman has been listed as a noteworthy investment company executive, rancher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Ross Stefan, an impressionistic painter of the contemporary Southwest

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  • Ross Stefan, an Impressionistic Painter of the Contemporary Southwest

Membership

Board directors Tucson Museum of Art, 1968—1983, 1987—1988. Member Arizona Racing Commission, 1965—1985. Chairman Rillito Race Track His.

Committee, Tucson, 1987. Member of Rancheros Visitadores (Santa Barbara, California), United States Polo Association (delegate), National Association State Racing Commissioners (president 1979, executive board member since 1980), Rolls Royce Owners (Merchanicsville, Pennsylvania), Yale Club (New York City), Jockey Club, Los Charros del Desierto (Tucson), Tucson Country Club, Mountain Oyster Club.

Connections

Married Beatrice Gardiner Prescott, April 1, 1948 (divorced 1958). 1 child Lucy Prescott. Married Aline Lees Bragg, August 6, 1966.

1 child John K. World War II.

Father:

Barney Goodman

Mother:

Sophia (Kestner) Goodman

Spouse:

Aline Lees Bragg

Spouse:

Beatrice Gardiner Prescott

child:

Lucy Prescott Goodman