The desire to travel was the chief 
reason prompting PROFESSOR EDWIN
 N. GODDARD, '27, M.S.'28, Ph.D.'36, 
 to study geology and he certainly has 
done that. Some twenty years ago he went
 to Europe where he visited mineral de
posits and studied the geology in the
 Alps and other areas. Then, more recently, he spent a winter in Haiti, 
 where he studied manganese deposits, 
 going from there to Alaska to study
 iron deposits.

Before joining the University faculty he had been in various
 parts of the United States studying ore 
deposits in mining areas. Professor
 Goddard was born in Oshkosh, Wis
consin, and graduated from high school 
at Madison, Wisconsin, before entering the University of Michigan, where 
he went out for freshmen football, the
 Glee Club, and was also a member of
 Tau Kappa Epsilon and Sigma
 Gamma Epsilon, national honorary 
geological fraternity.

He first became 
associated with the University staff in
 1928, but was with the United States 
Geological Survey from 1930 until rejoining the University faculty in September 1949. His work with the
 Survey was chiefly in the Metals 
Section, now the Mineral Deposits
 Branch. Later as Geologic Map Edi
tor, Professor Goddard edited all the
 Survey's geologic maps.

He began as 
a junior geologist back in 1930, and 
just before coming to Michigan he was 
Principal Geologist and Geologic Map 
Editor. He is the author of several 
publications on mining districts in the
 Western States, and is co-author of a
 U. S. Geological Survey professional
 paper, "Geology and Ore Deposits of 
the Front Range, Colorado," which is
 now in proof.

Professor Goddard is a
 member of Sigma Xi, Geologic Society
 of America, Mineralogical Society of
 America, Society of Economic Geolo
gists, American Geophysical Union
 and the Geological Society of Wash
ington.

He is married to the former
 Virginia Hobbs, '26, and they have 
three daughters, Patricia, Judy and
 Barbara. The Professor is an ardent 
sports enthusiast and he enjoys gar
dening as a hobby.