Charles Henry Goodsell ’36

Charles died Apr. 1, 1996. He was 82.

He prepared at Hotchkiss, and at Princeton he majored in English, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his senior year, and was a member of Terrace Club. In 1940 he graduated from Harvard Medical School and interned at NYC's Lenox Hill Hospital.

During WWII, he served three and a half years in the Army Medical Corps doing duty in England, the Philippines, and Korea. His rank was that of captain.

After the war he practiced internal medicine and was associated with Lenox Hill Hospital for over 45 years. He also practiced at N.Y. Hospital, the City Hospital Center in Elmhust, N.Y., and he also taught at the Cornell Medical School. He retired in 1984.

His son, Kenneth, offers the following: "Though possessed of sharp intellect, wit, and ever-broadening knowledge, Dad was able to listen to others without judgment and look at things as though learning about them for the first time. These qualities served him well as a physician, and as a husband and father. He was my mother's and my best friend."

Charles is survived by his wife, Nelly Fernandes deCordoba Goodsell, and his son, Kenneth C. His brother, Robert T. '38 died in 1941.

This classmate, a man of good will who lived a productive life will be remembered.

The Class of 1936