Biography:

Engineer. Born– March 10, 1918, in Vicksburg, Ms. Parents– John C. and Josephine (Beaufort) Goodrum. Married– Sarah Grace Bratton, May 22, 1948.  Children–two. Education– Mississippi State University, B.S., 1939; State University of Iowa, M.S., 1941. Employed as an engineer, Canal Zone, 1940-1941; Vicksburg, 1946-1958; director, IE division of Army Ballistic Missile Agency at Redstone Arsenal, 1958-1960; program manager, Honest John Missile System, AMC, Redstone Arsenal, 1960-1962; director of Saturn System, NASA, 1962-1963; director of project logistics office, 1963-1969; director of advanced program support office, 1969-. Edited Logistics Spectrum Journal, 1971.  Died November 25, 2004.

Source:

Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, 1975.

Publication(s):

Now You See It. New York; Didier, 1946.

Wernher von Braun, Space Pioneer. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode Publishers, 1968.

Contributor:

Rivers of Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode Publishers, 1969.