Ernest Payson Goodrich (May 7, 1874 – October 7, 1955) was an American pioneer in
urban planning
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football team
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University of Michigan
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, where he earned a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in
civil engineering
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football team
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(now called the Eastern Michigan University Eagles), located in
Ypsilanti, Michigan
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As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 20,648. The city is bounded to the north by Superior Township and on the west, south, an ...
. He held that position during the 1893 season, the third season the school fielded a football team. His coaching record at Michigan State Normal was 4–2. In addition to coaching duties, the 1893 yearbook refers to Goodrich as the first gym instructor to begin "systematic training for definite ends."
Engineering
Goodrich was active in transportation, planning, and engineering administration. Early in his career he was a civil engineer for the
United States Navy
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for four years. In 1905 he was the eighth recipient of the
American Society of Civil Engineers
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' Collingwood Prize, awarded to young engineers (under age 35) who make contributions to engineering knowledge. From 1910 until 1916 he was a consulting engineer to the
Manhattan
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Department of Public Works. Later in his career he worked as a consultant in private practice and he drafted city plans for Huangpu and
Nanking, China
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, and port facility plans for Huangpu and for Bogota, Colombia. He was a planning consultant for the cities of
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Newark, New Jersey
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New Haven, Connecticut
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. In 1930, he was a founding member of the Institute of Traffic Engineers (now the Institute of Transportation Engineers) and from 1930 to 1932 he served as the organization's first president. In 1951 he was the president of the American Institute of Consulting Engineers.