Richard N. Goodwin
Richard Naradof Goodwin (December 7, 1931 – May 20, 2018) was an American writer. Goodwin was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an advisor and speechwriter to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and to Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
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Goodwin joined Kennedy's speech writing staff in 1959, and after Kennedy's successful presidential bid, served as assistant special counsel to the President in 1961. Goodwin was also a member of Kennedy's Task Force on Latin American Affairs and in 1961, was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, a position he held until 1963.
From 1963 to 1964, Goodwin served as the Director of the International Peace Corps Secretariat[1] and in 1964 became special assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Goodwin died of cancer on May 20, 2018 in Concord, Massachusetts at the age of 86.[2]
References
change- ↑ Chandler, Stacey. "List of Guides: Peace Corps: Archival Holdings". jfklibrary.libguides.com.
- ↑ "Former White House Speechwriter Richard N. Goodwin Dies At 86". 21 May 2018.
Other websites
change- Richard N. Goodwin on IMDb
- Richard Goodwin biography
- Goodwin's Descriptions of meeting Che Guevara, in Kennedy Documents Boston Globe, January 26, 2009