Bill Text: VA HR231 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Celebrating the life of Robert Carey Goodman, Jr.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-04 - Bill text as passed House (HR231ER) [HR231 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HR231-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, Robert Carey Goodman, Jr., who served generations of students throughout the Commonwealth and the southern United States as an educator and a school administrator, died on May 7, 2018; and
WHEREAS, a native of Broomall, Pennsylvania, Robert "Bob" Carey Goodman, Jr., attended the Friends' Central School near Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Connecticut; and
WHEREAS, Bob Goodman served his country in the United States Army, assigned to a psychological warfare unit in Germany that produced propaganda leaflets to be dropped over Soviet-occupied Poland during the Cold War; and
WHEREAS, after his honorable military service, Bob Goodman began his long and fulfilling career in education as a math teacher and coach at Staunton Military Academy; he subsequently taught at the Christchurch School and the Collegiate School in Richmond, then served as headmaster of schools in Tennessee and Georgia; and
WHEREAS, in 1972, Bob Goodman returned to the Commonwealth as the founding headmaster of Trinity Episcopal School in Richmond, where he drew upon his own experiences as a student to craft the school's outstanding foreign exchange program; after 14 years at Trinity Episcopal School, he accepted a position at Virginia Commonwealth University as a director of development for the performing arts; and
WHEREAS, Bob Goodman offered his leadership and expertise to the Southern Teachers Agency and the Richmond chapter of the English-Speaking Union, and he was the founding president of the James River Kiwanis Club; and
WHEREAS, after his well-earned retirement, Bob Goodman enjoyed spending time at school athletic events, concerts, and art shows, relishing every opportunity to meet with teachers, former students, and parents; and
WHEREAS, Bob Goodman will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by his wife of 62 years, Virginia; his children, Swannee, Carey, and Alice, and their families; and numerous other family members and friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great sadness the loss of Robert Carey Goodman, Jr., a dedicated educator and school administrator in Richmond; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Robert Carey Goodman, Jr., as an expression of the House of Delegates' respect for his memory.