Edmund F. Goldman ’57

Ed died of heart failure Aug. 23, 2006, in Little Rock, Ark.

He was born in Boston but spent much of his life in Little Rock. At Princeton, he majored in history, joined Cannon Club, and was president of our senior class. He was active in the undergraduate council and chairman of WPRU's sports department. His senior roommates were Bob Torrey, Cullom Davis, Neal McCorvie, and Dave Grumhaus.

After graduation Ed worked for Young & Rubicam for several years. In 1960 he moved to Muskogee, Okla., where he and his family ran Calhoun's department store and subsequently sold it to Dillard's. In the late 1970s he became vice president of marketing at Phoenix Federal Savings, and later held positions at Yaffe Iron and Bacone College in Muskogee.

Ed loved sports and community service. He broadcast high school sports events, coached baseball for kids, and was active in the Lions Club.

His first wife, Isabel Burnham, died in 1984. He is survived by his wife, Louise Kennedy; son George and his wife, Tracy; daughter Melissa, her husband, Sanford Roberds, and their daughter, Lauren; and his brother, Ralph.

Ed was a warm and caring individual. Jim Conner, Bob Traband, and Jim Pinkerton attended his funeral. The class sends condolences to his family and many friends.