USMA Class of 1908. Cullum No. 4645.
He was the son of Major General George W. Goethals, who was known as builder of the Panama Canal and Josephine Rodman Goethals.
On October 11, 1910 as George Rodman Goethals, he married Priscilla J. Howes at Jefferson, New York.
She died in an automobile accident in New Mexico.
They were the parents of one child.
George R. Goethals was born at West Point, the son of Major General George W. Goethals, who was known as builder of the Panama Canal. In 1908, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and was assigned to develop fortifications for the Pacific side of the canal. In 1919, he retired from the United States Army and was employed by an engineering firm. He returned to active duty in 1940. During World War II he served as assistant chief of the Army Corps of Engineers in the District of Columbia. In 1946, he retired from the United States Army for a second time and became a professor of mathematics at the University of New Mexico. He retired from the university in 1958. He died at age 87 on Thursday, June 28, 1973 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in the Jamaica Plains section of Boston, Massachusetts. Interment was at the United States Academy with a military funeral. Survivors included one son, George W.L. Goethals of Watertown, Massachusetts.
Source: Springfield Union, Springfield Massachusetts, Saturday, June 30, 1973.
He was the son of Major General George W. Goethals, who was known as builder of the Panama Canal and Josephine Rodman Goethals.
On October 11, 1910 as George Rodman Goethals, he married Priscilla J. Howes at Jefferson, New York.
She died in an automobile accident in New Mexico.
They were the parents of one child.
George R. Goethals was born at West Point, the son of Major General George W. Goethals, who was known as builder of the Panama Canal. In 1908, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and was assigned to develop fortifications for the Pacific side of the canal. In 1919, he retired from the United States Army and was employed by an engineering firm. He returned to active duty in 1940. During World War II he served as assistant chief of the Army Corps of Engineers in the District of Columbia. In 1946, he retired from the United States Army for a second time and became a professor of mathematics at the University of New Mexico. He retired from the university in 1958. He died at age 87 on Thursday, June 28, 1973 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in the Jamaica Plains section of Boston, Massachusetts. Interment was at the United States Academy with a military funeral. Survivors included one son, George W.L. Goethals of Watertown, Massachusetts.
Source: Springfield Union, Springfield Massachusetts, Saturday, June 30, 1973.
USMA Class of 1908. Cullum No. 4645.
He was the son of Major General George W. Goethals, who was known as builder of the Panama Canal and Josephine Rodman Goethals.
On October 11, 1910 as George Rodman Goethals, he married Priscilla J. Howes at Jefferson, New York.
She died in an automobile accident in New Mexico.
They were the parents of one child.
George R. Goethals was born at West Point, the son of Major General George W. Goethals, who was known as builder of the Panama Canal. In 1908, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and was assigned to develop fortifications for the Pacific side of the canal. In 1919, he retired from the United States Army and was employed by an engineering firm. He returned to active duty in 1940. During World War II he served as assistant chief of the Army Corps of Engineers in the District of Columbia. In 1946, he retired from the United States Army for a second time and became a professor of mathematics at the University of New Mexico. He retired from the university in 1958. He died at age 87 on Thursday, June 28, 1973 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in the Jamaica Plains section of Boston, Massachusetts. Interment was at the United States Academy with a military funeral. Survivors included one son, George W.L. Goethals of Watertown, Massachusetts.
Source: Springfield Union, Springfield Massachusetts, Saturday, June 30, 1973.
He was the son of Major General George W. Goethals, who was known as builder of the Panama Canal and Josephine Rodman Goethals.
On October 11, 1910 as George Rodman Goethals, he married Priscilla J. Howes at Jefferson, New York.
She died in an automobile accident in New Mexico.
They were the parents of one child.
George R. Goethals was born at West Point, the son of Major General George W. Goethals, who was known as builder of the Panama Canal. In 1908, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and was assigned to develop fortifications for the Pacific side of the canal. In 1919, he retired from the United States Army and was employed by an engineering firm. He returned to active duty in 1940. During World War II he served as assistant chief of the Army Corps of Engineers in the District of Columbia. In 1946, he retired from the United States Army for a second time and became a professor of mathematics at the University of New Mexico. He retired from the university in 1958. He died at age 87 on Thursday, June 28, 1973 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in the Jamaica Plains section of Boston, Massachusetts. Interment was at the United States Academy with a military funeral. Survivors included one son, George W.L. Goethals of Watertown, Massachusetts.
Source: Springfield Union, Springfield Massachusetts, Saturday, June 30, 1973.
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