M. Jay Goodkind ’49

Jay died Oct. 23, 2019, at age 91. He lived for many years in New Hope, Pa.

He was born in New York City and graduated from Lawrenceville. At Princeton, he was on the track and soccer teams and was a member of Terrace Club; he graduated cum laude in biology and was elected to Sigma Xi. Jay earned his medical degree at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and spent two years doing research at the National Heart Institute in Bethesda. He taught medicine, cardiology, and physiology as a medical school faculty member at Yale and then the University of Pennsylvania. In 1974, he went into private practice and was on staff at Mercer Medical Center in Trenton for many years. He was the author of numerous articles in professional journals.

After retiring in 1994, Jay continued his passion for black and white photography, begun at summer camp in 1938. While a student at Princeton, his interest was encouraged by Elmer Adler, curator of graphic arts, and he won his first prize for one of his photographs as an undergraduate. He began collecting in 1964 with his purchase of an Ansel Adams photograph, Aspens, Northern New Mexico. His collection of 20th century landscape photography was exhibited at the Princeton University Art Museum in 1999 in honor of the Class of ’49’s 50th reunion.

Jay’s marriage to Penelope Manning Goodkind ended in divorce. He is survived by his spouse, Vincent; his children, Thomas and Julie; and four grandchildren.