He has written numerous scientific papers - several of which have been referenced more than 50,000 times.Īfter his retirement, Lionel took an interest in photography and over the past 20 years has had several one-man shows, most recently at Plainsboro Library. He received the Rutgers College Outstanding Teacher Award in 1987 and the Board of Trustees Outstanding Research Award in 1989. Lionel was a Guggenheim Fellow for his work on why molecules have the shape that they have, using laser spectroscopy. He taught at Penn State and Rutgers after post-doctoral work at Florida State University. Lionel and Ruth eventually settled in Princeton, NJ, in 1966 where they raised two children, Steve and Debbie. Lionel received his master’s degree from Cornell University and his Ph.D. They married shortly after his honorable discharge from the Navy in WWII. He earned his undergraduate degree from NYU, where he met his wife, Ruth Sandhouse. Lionel was born on April 23, 1927, in Far Rockaway, NY, and was the son of William and Theodora Goodman. Lionel Goodman, a longtime resident and active member of the community of Princeton, passed away on May 17, 2023, at the age of 96. He was an emeritus professor of physical chemistry at Rutgers University.
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