William Franklin Goodling (December 5, 1927 – September 17, 2017) was a

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member of the

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from

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. At the time of his death, he was the Chairman of the Board of the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy.

Biography

Goodling, the son of former Congressman

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, was born in

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and grew up in

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. He received a B.S. from the

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in 1953, a Masters in

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from

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in 1957, and undertook doctoral studies at the Pennsylvania State University, from 1958 to 1963. He held various teaching and administrative positions throughout the State of Pennsylvania. Goodling served in the

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from 1946 to 1948. He served on the Dallastown area school board and was president of the school board. Goodling died on September 17, 2017.

Political career

Goodling was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1974. He was implicated in the

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in 1992. After his party took over a majority in the House in January 1995, he served as Chairman of the

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(then called the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities or the Committee on Education and the Workforce). He retired from public service in 2001.

References

External links

The Political Graveyard
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Bill Goodling's Congressional Votes at the ''Washington Post''
* ''official U.S. House website (archived)'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodling, Bill 1927 births 2017 deaths Educators from Pennsylvania School board members in Pennsylvania Politicians from York, Pennsylvania University of Maryland, College Park alumni Military personnel from Pennsylvania United States Army soldiers Western Maryland College alumni Pennsylvania State University alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania