Dorothy Goodwin

Dorothy Cheney Goodwin (September 2, 1914 – June 10, 2007) was an American educator and politician. She taught at the University of Connecticut (1957–1974) and served in the Connecticut House of Representatives (1975–1984) as well as on the Connecticut State Board of Education (1984–1990). She was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.

Early life and education Goodwin was born on September 2, 1914, in Hartford, Connecticut, to parents Ruth Cheney and Charles Goodwin. Her father wrote the legislation establishing the Metropolitan District Commission. Goodwin Park was named after her grandfather.

Goodwin attended the Oxford School and Milton Academy, graduated magna cum laude from Smith College with a BA in sociology in 1937, and earned her PhD in agricultural economics from the University of Connecticut in 1957.

In 1993 Goodwin donated almost sixteen acres adjacent to her house in Mansfield, Connecticut, to the Joshua's Trust land conservation organization.

Goodwin died in her home in Bloomfield, Connecticut, in 2007. Her bequest established UConn's Dorothy C. Goodwin Fund for Teacher Preparation.