goodman

1. 1. The male head of a household.
   2. A husband.
2. Goodman Used formerly as a courtesy title before the surname of a man not of noble birth.

(1928–  ; b. New York City) American statistician and sociologist. Goodman was a graduate of mathematics and sociology at Syracuse U in 1948. After obtaining his MA and PhD degrees from Princeton U in 1950, he joined the faculty at U Chicago, becoming full Professor in 1955. He was the COPSS Fisher Lecturer in 1968. He was elected to membership of the NAS in 1974. He was the IMS Rietz Lecturer in 1983 and was presented with the Wilks Award of the ASA in 1985. In 1986 he moved to UCB. He is a member of AAAS and NAS.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including Black as well as White musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
  Synonyms: Benny Goodman, Benjamin David Goodman, the King of Swing

Goodman may refer to:

People

• Goodman (surname)

Places

• Goodman, Missouri, a US city
• Goodman, Wisconsin, a US town
• Goodman, Mississippi, a US town

Other

• Goodman Team, a Global Immigration and Investment consulting firm
• Goodman Group, an Australian property company
• Goodman Manufacturing Company, an HVAC manufacturer
• Goodman (title), an obsolete polite term of address, comparable to "Mister"
• Goodman (NGBC), a fictional boss in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum
• Goodman Theatre, Chicago, USA
• Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, a textbook of pharmacology
• Goodmans LLP, a Canadian law firm headquartered in Toronto
• Goodmans Industries is an electronics retailing company which is part of Alba PLC

See also

• Guttmann
• Guttman

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