RAYMOND JOHN GOODMAN

  
RAYMOND JOHN GOODMAN (Age 99)  
Passed away peacefully on June 14, 2016, at his home in Washington, DC, surrounded by family. Ray Goodman was born in London, England, on October 26, 1916. After graduating from the London School of Economics, he studied at the Universities of Oslo and Copenhagen. He volunteered for the Royal Navy in 1939, serving first on convoy duty on the North Atlantic. Commissioned as a sub lieutenant, (later promoted to Lt. Commander), he served at the Admiralty and accompanied Churchill to the Atlantic Charter meeting with President Roosevelt. He spent the rest of WWII at Bletchley Park as head of watch in Hut 4, interpreting decoded German naval messages. After the war, he led a policy think tank and was an executive at retailer Marks & Spencer. He moved to Washington in 1956 to join the World Bank, where he served as director of the East Asia and Pacific department and in other senior roles. He retired in 1982 and spent his remaining years in Washington, consulting, managing investments for LSE''s alumni association, playing classical guitar, and writing poetry. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Dorothy Bruchholz Goodman of Minneapolis, MN, founder of the Washington International School; four children, Jeremy Goodman of Princeton, NJ, Harriet Goodman of London, Matthew Goodman of Washington and Sophia Goodman of Bloomington, IN; and nine grandchildren. A memorial service is planned for the fall, but for now the family would welcome additional memories of Ray at: http://raymond-john-goodman.forevermissed.com/