Background
Goodwin, Robert Eliot was born on October 27, 1878 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frank and Mary G. (Buttrick) Goodwin.
Goodwin, Robert Eliot was born on October 27, 1878 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frank and Mary G. (Buttrick) Goodwin.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1901. Bachelor of Laws, Boston University Law School, 1903.
; married second, Marguerita South. Putnam, June 25, 1950. Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1903, then practiced in Boston. Junior associate Carver & Blodgett, 1903-1906.
Private law practice, 1906-1907.
Partner Carver, Wardner & Goodwin, 1907-1912, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, and pedecessor, after 1912. Referee in bankruptcy, Middlesex Company, Massachusetts, 1921-1927.
Chairman Massachusetts Board Probation, 1943-1953. Colonel 101st Field Artillery, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Force, 1918-1919.
Member Harvard Fund Council, 1930-1942, board directors alumni association, 1943-1946, vice president, 1944-1945. Member American, Massachusetts State, Boston bar associations, Boston City of C. Clubs: Union, Somerset, Harvard (Boston).
Married Elsie T. Wainwright, October 3, 1922 (deceased. Married second, Marguerita South. Putnam, June 25, 1950.