Background
Goddard,, Samuel Pearson was born on August 8, 1919 in Clayton, Missouri, United States. Son of Samuel Pearson and Florence Hilton (Denham) Goddard.
Goddard,, Samuel Pearson was born on August 8, 1919 in Clayton, Missouri, United States. Son of Samuel Pearson and Florence Hilton (Denham) Goddard.
AB, Harvard, 1941; Bachelor of Laws, University Arizona, 1949.
Practiced in, Tucson, 1949-1964, Phoenix, from 1964. Senior partner Goddard & Goddard (and predecessor firms), 1960—2006. Governor State of Arizona, Phoenix, 1965-1967.
Co-chairman Tucson Civic and Convention Center Study Committee, 1958-1959. Chairman Tucson Youth Study Committee, 1959. Member White House Conference Committee Children and Youth, 1959.
Campaign chairman United Fund, 1959. President Leffingwell Forest Preserve, 1960-1961. Chairman Democratic Party of Arizona, 1960-1962, 78–2006.
Board directors Arizona Academy, 1963-1964, Catalina council Boy Scouts of America, 1963-1964. President United Fund, 1960-1962, Western Conference Community Chests, United Funds and Councils American, 1961-1963. Member executive committee United Community Funds and Councils American, 1966-1969.
Task force chairman United Way American, board governors, 1972-1978. Board directors, chairman nominating committee overseers and directors Associated Harvard Alumni, 1970-1971, vice president, 1971-1974. Member Tucson Hospital Co-ordinating Committee, 1964.
Democratic national committeeman for Arizona, 1972-1978 member executive section charter commission, 1972-1976. Chairman National Academy Volunteerism, 1973-1975. Chairman blue ribbon study committee on United States.O.s, 1974-1975.
An organizer Tucson Civic Chorus, Tucson Festival Society, Tucson Watercolor Guild. Board directors Phoenix Symphony Association, Government Relations Committee, Transition Zone Horticultural Zone. Trustee National Rowing Foundation, National Council on Philanthropy, 1979–2006.
Served to major United States Army Air Force, 1941-1946, to colonel United States Air Force Reserve. Member American, Arizona, Pima County, Maricopa County bar associations, Reserve Officers Association, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Air Force Association, American Legion, Phi Alpha Delta. Clubs: Harvard Varsity, Old Pueblo.
Married Julia Hatch, July 1, 1944. Children: Samuel Pearson III, Pascal Hatch, William Denham.