Mathematician
Centurion, 1910–1925
Born 18 January 1857 in New York (Brooklyn), New York
Died 2 May 1925 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York
Proposed by Henry Evertson Cobb and Winston H. Hagen
Elected 5 March 1910 at age fifty-three
Archivist’s Note: Brother of Frank J. Goodnow
Century Memorial
Graduating with high honors from Amherst College, Henry Root Goodnow occupied the chair of mathematics at his Alma Mater until his retirement from active pursuits. Not perhaps widely acquainted among his fellow-Centurions, those who knew him recognized his culture, scholarly tastes and high ideals. His adventure, years ago, in losing his way for thirty hours without food in the White Mountain forests, was long a tradition of that region.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1926 Century Association Yearbook