Alfred T. 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 1942-1946, 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 1988-1991, he served as the 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 Oreogn, earned him several distinguished service awards.
From the description of Alfred T. Goodwin papers [manuscript], 1943-2005. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 429548482
