Background
He was born in Wellsborough, Pennsylvania to Owen and Susan (Barber) Goodman in 1848.
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William Owen
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Career
He later came to Chicago at the age of 20 in 1868. He first worked as a bookkeeper and then a salesman for the Menominee River Lumber Company. Goodman is famous for helping to found the Goodman Theatre through a gift of $250,000 made to Art Institute of Chicago.
His former residence is on Astor Street which was given landmark status in 1975 by then mayor Richard J. Daley.
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1936 (aged 88) -
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United States