- Roy M. Goodman
Roy M. Goodman is an American
politician . He was born inNew York City in 1930. Goodman is the grandson ofIsrael Matz , founder of theEx-Lax company.Political career
Goodman was the New York City Director of Finance in 1966 and 1967 and Chairman of the New York Republican County Committee from 1981 to 2001.
Goodman was a member of the
New York State Senate from 1969 to 2002. [Ramirez, Anthony: "Goodman, Ex-Senator, Is Hospitalized After Choking", "The New York Times", March 12, 2008, 2:43 pm [http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/roy-m.-goodman/] ] . He served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Investigations, Taxation and Government Operations [John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters: "Nomination of Roy M. Goodman To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation",'The American Presidency Project', 14 February 1989 [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=16667] ] . He was considered a leader of the moderate wing of the Republican Party. His admirers called him "The Statesman of the state Senate." Fact|date=February 2007Other service
Goodman is President and CEO of the
United Nations Development Corporation , a position he first occupied in 2002.He is a Fellow For Life of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art , a patron of theMetropolitan Opera , a Patron of theNew York Philharmonic Society , president of the Goodman Family Foundation, and a member of theCouncil on Foreign Relations .Notes
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