Goodwin, Alfred T. (Alfred Theodore), 1923-2022
Biography
Alfred Theodore Goodwin was born in Bellingham, Washington, in 1923 and grew up in the Pacific Northwest, graduating from high school in the eastern Oregon town of Prineville. Goodwin served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1946, and attended the University of Oregon, earning degrees in journalism (1947) and law (1951). Goodwin was appointed to the Oregon Circuit Court for Lane County in 1955, to the Oregon Supreme Court in 1960, to the U.S. District Court in 1969, and to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1971. From 1988 to 1991, he served as the Ninth Circuit Court's chief judge. He took senior status in 1991. Judge Goodwin's professional activities have included the Oregon Constitutional Revision Commission, Alpha Tau Omega, the Oregon Bar-Press Broadcasters Committee, where he showed an interest in promoting cooperation between the bar and the media, and the American Bar Association, particularly its committees on relations between bench and bar and on legal education. His support for his alma mater, the University of Oregon, earned him several distinguished service awards. Goodwin died in 2022.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Alfred T. Goodwin
Oral history interview with Alfred T. Goodwin conducted by Rick Harmon from May 10, 1985, to September 3, 1986, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Goodwin served on the Oregon Circuit Court for Lane County, the Oregon Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Oral history interview with Alfred T. Goodwin
Oral history interview with Alfred Goodwin conducted by Michael O'Rourke on August 26, 2006, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Goodwin was a judge on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California.