Background
Sr., W. Wilson Goode, was born on August 19, 1938 in Seaboard, North Carolina, United States.
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W. Wilson Goode Sr.
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W. Wilson Goode, Sr., American minister, former mayor. Named Citizen of Year, Philadelphia Inquirer, 2006; recipient Purpose prize, Civic Ventures, 2006. Minister First Baptist Church of Paschall, Philadelphia; board chairman Free Library. Philadelphia, Philadelphia Leadership Foundation, Leadership Foundation America; trustee Eastern University, Pennsylvania, since 2001.
Education
Bachelor, Morgan State University, Baltimore. Master of Public Administration, University Pennsylvania. Doctor, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
14 honorary doctorates.
Career
Probation officer; building maintenance supervisor. Insurance claims adjuster. Executive director Philadelphia Council Community Advancement.
Head Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 1978. Managing director City of Philadelphia, 1980-1983, mayor, 1984-1992. Founder Goode Cause, Philadelphia, since 1992, Institute Advancement African-American Male, St. Davids.
Associate professor Eastern University. Deputy assistant secretary United States Department Education, Washington, 1993—2000. Director, organizer Amachi Program, Philadelphia, since 2000.
Senior advisor congregational transformation Public Private Ventures. Visiting professor Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1992. With United States Army, 1961-1963.
Politics
Our justification before God is based on faith in Christ alone and not in our ethnicity.
Views
Every member of a Baptist Church should be delicate to other people and use appropriate language while communicating with others.
Membership
Minister First Baptist Church of Paschall, Philadelphia. Board chairman Free Library. Philadelphia, Philadelphia Leadership Foundation, Leadership Foundation America.
Trustee Eastern University, Pennsylvania, since 2001.
Connections
Married Velma Williams. Children: Muriel, Wilson, Natasha.
