Goodson, James Granville

Born deaf from maternal rubella at Phoenix, AZ, though deafness was not identified until age 2. Attended and graduated the Arizona School for the Deaf, going to work as a professional automobile mechanic, then entered Gallaudet College in 1957, graduating 1962. Worked for the AZ Highway Patrol as an auditor for 2 years, then became a counselor and teacher at the Arizona School. Quit after 4 years for better pay as a printer, rising to assistant superintendent at a printing company; while there, earned a private pilot's license in 1965 and bought his own airplane, keeping it 14 years. Switched to working for a newspaper press room for 8 years until his father died and he became manager of his father's estate.