GOODHUE, Thomas W. 1949-

PERSONAL: Born March 5, 1949, in Montebello, CA; son of Wallace T. and Mary Virginia (Gray) Goodhue; married Karen Pohlig (a yarn shop owner), May 13, 1975. Ethnicity: "Gringo." Education: Stanford University, B.A. (cum laude), 1971; Union Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1975; City College of the City University of New York, M.S., 1982. Politics: "Neoliberal/progressive." Religion: Christian.

ADDRESSES: Office—Long Island Council of Churches, 1644 Denton Green, Hempstead, NY 11550. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Pastor of United Methodist churches in Kailua, HI, 1975-77, and Kahaluu, HI, 1977-78; teacher at church-sponsored school in New York, NY, 1978-85; pastor of United Methodist churches in Island Park, NY, 1985-92, and Bay Shore, NY, 1992-99. Long Island Council of Churches, Hempstead, NY, presenter of weekly radio commentary, 1988-91, vice president, 1991-94, president, 1994-97, executive director, 1999—. United Methodist Center of Far Rockaway, vice president, 1985-92; Long Island Multi-Faith Forum, member; Building Bridges (interfaith education program), creator; Long Island Interfaith Disaster Response, founder, 2001. Windward Coalition of Churches, clergy coordinator, 1975-77; Hawaii Council of Churches, member of executive committee, 1977-78; member of board of directors, Health and Welfare Council of Long Island, 1999—, Fight for Families Coalition, 2000—, and United Way of Long Island, 2002—. Member, board of directors, Long Island Housing Partnership; WLIW-TV, member of community advisory board.

MEMBER: Phi Beta Kappa.

AWARDS, HONORS: Columbia University School of International Affairs, international fellow, 1974-75; Catholic Book Award; Educational Press Association Award.

WRITINGS:

Kaahumanu: Queen of Hawaii, Women of Courage, 1985.

Stories for the Children of Light, Sunday Publications (Lake Worth, FL), 1986.

Sharing the Good News with Children (collected writings), St. Anthony Messenger Press (Cincinnati, OH), 1992.

Curious Bones: Mary Anning and the Birth of Paleontology, Morgan Reynolds (Greensboro, NC), 2002.

Contributor of articles, essays, and reviews to periodicals, including Anglican and Episcopal History, Northeastern Geological and Environmental Sciences, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Momentum, Share, Christian Century, Midstream, Newsday, Education Week, and New Republic.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A longer biography of Mary Anning, Fossil Hunter: The Life and Times of Mary Anning, for Academic Press; a biography of Hawaiian Queen Kaahumanu.

SIDELIGHTS: Thomas W. Goodhue told CA: "I first became fascinated with Mary Anning while teaching kindergartners at the Riverside Church Weekday School in New York. Sharing the enthusiasm of five year olds for prehistoric creatures, I loved reading to them about dinosaurs and fossil hunters. I kept noticing references to the teenage girl who started the first dinosaur craze. Unable to find any factual account of her life—or any other books for children about female paleontologists—I started researching and writing a short summary of her life. This led to an article for the teachers' magazine Instructor in 1985, a children's sermon published in my collection Sharing the Good News, and a lasting obsession to learn more about this remarkable woman.

"What I find most fascinating about Anning are the paradoxes of her life. She was working class but formed friendships with wealthy fossil collectors and scholars. She had no formal education but helped shape the development of geology, biology, and paleontology. She was deeply pious herself, but her discoveries rattled the beliefs of millions of people. She could not vote herself, but she helped overturn the corrupt, aristocratic political machine that had dominated her town.