[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 119 (Thursday, September 19, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1608]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        HONORING GEORGE GODDARD

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 18, 2002

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my constituent George 
Goddard who died on August 15, 2002, from injuries sustained in an 
automobile accident.
  Mr. Goddard was born in Chicago in 1923. After graduating from Yale 
with a commission as Lt. (jg) in the U.S. Navy, he served on board the 
communications ship USS Panamint, which, during World War II, took the 
Japanese surrender of the island of Hokkaido.
  After moving to Massachusetts in 1948, Mr. Goddard studied 
architecture at the Harvard School of Design where he was influenced by 
Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe. He moved to Belvedere in Marin 
County, CA, with his growing family and started his architectural 
career with Skidmore, Owens and Merrill. He later practiced 
independently and as a planning consultant designing teaching hospitals 
and medical and dental schools.
  As a lifelong activist in social, political, and conservation causes, 
George stayed involved. He served on the Belvedere Planning Committee 
and played an integral role in acquiring Richardson Bay tidelands to 
save them from development. He also served as supervising architect 
during the move by barge of Lyford House, an 1870s dairy residence 
about to fall under the wrecker's ball, to its current home at the 
Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary.
  George Goddard loved hiking, backpacking, sailing, and politics. In 
the 1990s, he organized a group of fellow navy officers into what 
became known as the Liars Club. Calling themselves Admirals, they met 
periodically to embellish their war experiences. As no one paid any 
attention to anyone else, they could go on for years retelling the same 
enhanced stories. He is survived by his wife Sheret, six children, two 
grandsons, and six stepchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Goddard was a valued member of the Marin community 
who will be missed by all who had the opportunity to know him.

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