Bill Goodling

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Bill Goodling

| image = Bill Goodling.png

| birth_name=William Franklin Goodling

| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|12|05}}

| birth_place = Loganville, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|09|17|1927|12|05}}

| death_place = York, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| state = Pennsylvania

| district = 19th

| term_start = January 3, 1975

| term_end = January 3, 2001

| preceded = George Goodling

| succeeded = Todd Platts

| party = Republican

| spouse = Hilda Goodling (died 2008)

| relations = George Atlee Goodling (father)

}}

William Franklin Goodling (December 5, 1927 – September 17, 2017) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. 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 George Atlee Goodling, was born in Loganville, Pennsylvania, and grew up in York, Pennsylvania. He received a B.S. from the University of Maryland in 1953, a Masters in Education from Western Maryland College 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 United States Army from 1946 to 1948. He served on the Dallastown area school board and was president of the school board.'1979 Official Congressional Directory 96th Congress, 1st Session, United States Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1979, Biographical Sketch of William F. Goodling, pg. 62 Goodling died on September 17, 2017.[http://wtop.com/congress/2017/09/former-pennsylvania-congressman-bill-goodling-dies-at-89/ Former Pennsylvania congressman Bill Goodling dies at 89]

Political career

Goodling was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1974. He was implicated in the House banking scandal in 1992. After his party took over a majority in the House in January 1995, he served as Chairman of the United States House Committee on Education and Labor (then called the Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities or the Committee on Education and the Workforce). He retired from public service in 2001.{{Cite web| last = Goodling| first = Bill| title = Dear 19th District Residents| work = www.house.gov/goodling| publisher = United States House of Representatives| year = 2000| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20001225195840/http://www.house.gov/goodling/thankyou.htm| url = http://www.house.gov/goodling/thankyou.htm| archive-date = 2000-12-25}}{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.house.gov/goodling/thankyou.htm |date=* }}

References

External links

[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html The Political Graveyard]
{{Cite web| title = Congressman Bill Goodling Biography| work = www.house.gov/goodling| url = http://www.house.gov/goodling/bio.htm| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20001225195841/http://www.house.gov/goodling/bio.htm| archive-date=2000-12-25}}{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.house.gov/goodling/bio.htm |date=* }}
{{Cite web| title = Bill Goodling| publisher = Stennis Center for Public Service Leadership| year = 2008| url = http://www.stennis.gov/congressionalbio/congressionalbio_show.htm?doc_id=727460| access-date = 2010-02-17| archive-date = 2010-02-02| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100202213635/http://www.stennis.gov/congressionalbio/congressionalbio_show.htm?doc_id=727460| url-status = dead}}
[http://www2.ed.psu.edu/goodlinginstitute/index.html The Goodling Institute] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602071110/http://www2.ed.psu.edu/goodlinginstitute/index.html |date=2009-06-02 }}
[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/g000291/ Bill Goodling's Congressional Votes at the Washington Post]
{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.house.gov/goodling/ |date=* |title=Congressman Bill Goodling }} official U.S. House website (archived)
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{{US House succession box

|state=Pennsylvania

|district=19

|before=George Goodling

|after=Todd Platts

|years=1975–2001

}}

{{succession box

|title=Chairman of House Education and the Workforce Committee

|before=William D. Ford
Michigan

|years=1995–2001

|after=John Boehner
Ohio