- William F. Goodling
Infobox_Congressman
name = Bill Goodling
date of birth = birth date and age|1927|12|5
place of birth =Loganville, Pennsylvania
state =Pennsylvania
district = 19th
term_start =January 3 ,1975
term_end =January 3 ,2001
preceded = George A. Goodling
succeeded =Todd Platts
party = Republican
spouse =
children =
religion =William Franklin "Bill" Goodling (born
December 5 ,1927 ) was a Republican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .Goodling, the son of former Congressman
George Atlee Goodling , was born inLoganville, Pennsylvania and grew up inYork, Pennsylvania . He received a B.S. from the University of Maryland in 1953, a Masters inEducation fromWestern Maryland College in 1957, and conducted doctoral studies at thePennsylvania State University , from 1958 to 1963. He held various teaching and administrative positions throughout the State of Pennsylvania, and served in theUnited States Army from 1946 to 1948.Goodling was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1974. 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.He is currently the Chairman of the Board for the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy.
References
*CongBio|G000291
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodell-goodrell.html The Political Graveyard]External links
* [http://www.ed.psu.edu/goodlinginstitute/about.htm The Goodling Institute]
* [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/g000291/ Bill Goodling's Congressional Votes at the "Washington Post "]
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