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Bill Goodling | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's19th district | |
| In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | George Goodling |
| Succeeded by | Todd Platts |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Franklin Goodling (1927-12-05)December 5, 1927 Loganville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | September 17, 2017(2017-09-17) (aged 89) York, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Hilda Goodling (died 2008) |
| Relations | George Atlee Goodling (father) |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland, College Park (BS) Western Maryland College (MEd) Pennsylvania State University, University Park |
William Franklin Goodling (December 5, 1927 – September 17, 2017) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania. At the time of his death, he was theChairman of the Board of the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy.
Goodling, the son of former CongressmanGeorge Atlee Goodling, was born inLoganville, Pennsylvania, and grew up inYork, Pennsylvania. He received a B.S. from theUniversity of Maryland in 1953, a Masters inEducation fromWestern Maryland College in 1957, and undertook doctoral studies at thePennsylvania State University, from 1958 to 1963. He held various teaching and administrative positions throughout the State of Pennsylvania. Goodling served in theUnited States Army from 1946 to 1948. He served on theDallastown area school board and was president of the school board.[1] Goodling died on September 17, 2017.[2]
Goodling was elected to Congress as a Republican in1974. He was implicated in theHouse banking scandal in 1992. After his party took over a majority in the House in January 1995, he served as Chairman of theUnited 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.[3]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 19th congressional district 1975–2001 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by Jim Jeffords Vermont | Ranking Member of theHouse Education and Labor Committee 1989–1995 | Succeeded by Bill Clay Missouri |
| Preceded by William D. Ford Michigan | Chairman of theHouse Education and the Workforce Committee 1995–2001 | Succeeded by John Boehner Ohio |
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| Education and Labor* (1947–) | ||
| Note | * Alternately namedEconomic and Educational Opportunities in 104th Congress andEducation and the Workforce in 105th through 109th and 112th through 115th Congresses. | |
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