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GODFREY, EDWARD S. III: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

Times Union, The (Albany, NY) - Friday, January 14, 2005 Deceased Name: GODFREY, EDWARD S. III PORTLAND, Maine -- Edward S. Godfrey III, founding dean of the University of Maine School of Law and a former justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, died in Portland on January 12, 2005. Dean Godfrey was born in Phoenix, Ariz. on July 21, 1913, the son of Edward S. Godfrey Jr. and Alma Deane McDonald. He grew up in Albany, N.Y. where his father served as New York commissioner of health for many years. He graduated from the Albany Academy in 1930, from Harvard College (summa cum laude) in 1934 and from Columbia University Law School in 1939. Between college and law school, he taught English at the Albany Academy. After law school, he first worked as an attorney in the general counsel's office of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. He served in the United States Army from 1941 to 1946, the last year as a management control officer in General MacArthur's headquarters in Manila. He was awarded a Bronze Star Medal and separated in the rank of major. After military service, he returned to Albany to practice law. He attracted the attention of the dean of the Albany Law School by writing a successful brief on behalf of the dean for the New York Court of Appeals and, in September 1948, he became a professor at the Albany Law School where he taught until 1962. In 1957-1958, he did graduate work at the Harvard Law School as a Ford Foundation Fellow. During the 1950s, he served as a consultant to the New York Law Revision Commission, preparing a study of the Uniform Commercial Code before its adoption in New York. In 1962, he was appointed the first dean of the revived law school of the University of Maine, retiring as dean in 1973. Under Dean Godfrey's leadership, the new law school quickly achieved accreditation by the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools and became one of the nation's finest small law schools. He was teaching at the law school when Governor Longley appointed him to the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine in August of 1976. He retired from the court in 1983 at age 70 and accepted a one-year appointment as Carl Hatch Professor of Law and Public Administration at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He returned to Maine to teach part-time at the University of Maine Law School for many years, also returning many times to New Mexico to teach there. He was awarded the Order of the Coif at the University of New Mexico Law School. From 1984 to 1987, he served as chairman of the Maine Labor Relations Board. He also served at various times as a member of the board of the Portland Urban Renewal Authority, the Maine Judicial Council, the Maine Bar Foundation and the Portland Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of the Cumberland Bar Association, Maine State Bar Association and the American Bar Association, as well as the American Law Institute, the Order of the Coif, University of New Mexico and the Torch Club International. He held honorary degrees from Union University and the University of Southern Maine. He enjoyed reading and gardening and he was a Life Master bridge player. He was respected by all who knew him for his intellectual depth and strength of character and loved for his humor, his kindness and his greatness of spirit. His generosity to his students and colleagues was legendary. He is survived by his sister-in-law, Norma Godfrey of Cary, N.C.; a nephew, Edward S. Godfrey IV of Albany, N.Y.; a niece, Suzanne Giggins of Cary; a niece, Wendy Dean of Charlotte, N.C.; and two grandnieces, Emily and Amanda Giggins. Plans for a memorial service will be announced at a later date. Those wishing to make a memorial contribution are invited to consider the Godfrey Fund at the University of Maine School of Law. Edition: 3 Page: B5 Copyright, 2005, (c) Times Union. All Rights Reserved.

New York, State Census, 1915 about Edward Godfrey Jr Name: Edward Godfrey Jr Birth Year: abt 1914 Birth Place: United States Age: 1 Gender: Male Residence Place: Cheektowaga, Erie Relationship: Son Color or Race: White Number of Years in US: 1 Assembly District: 07 House Number: Rear Line Number: 49 Page Number: 05 Household Members: Name Age Edward Godfrey 23 Anna Godfrey 23 Edward Godfrey 1 Frederick Fruck 38 1930 United States Federal Census about Edward S Godfrey Name: Edward S Godfrey Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1914 Birthplace: Arizona Race: White Home in 1930: Albany, Albany, New York Map of Home: View map Marital Status: Single Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Name: Edward S Godfrey Father's Birthplace: North Dakota Mother's name: Alma Godfrey Mother's Birthplace: Arizona Occupation:

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Boston, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1954 about Edward settle Godfrey Name: Edward settle Godfrey Gender: Male Estimated birth year: abt 1913 Birth Place: Phoenix, Arizona [7/21/1913] Age: 23 Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland Ship Name: Caledonian Arrival Date: 29 Aug 1936 Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts

Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current about Edward S Godfrey III Name: Edward S Godfrey III Gender: Male Age at Death: 91 Birth Date: Abt 1914 Birth Place: Phoenix AZ Death Date: abt 2005 Death Place: Portland ME Publication or Record Date: 14 Jan 2005 Publication or Record Place: United States URL: http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry...