Jeanne M. Goddard
(1913-1999)

Died aged c. 86

Jeanne M. Goddard was born in New York City in 1913. She graduated from Duke University and taught school in Montgomery County, Maryland. She married Dr. David Goddard and moved to Daytona Beach in 1948. She helped establish Daytona Beach Community College in 1957, and served on its Board of Trustees for many years. A $1.2 million arts center at the college was named for her in 1979. After being elected in 1956, she served 12 years on the Volusia County School Board, eight as chairman. In 1985 she won a Distinguished Service Award from the Civic League of the Halifax Area. She volunteered to serve on more than 30 community, state and national organizations in Daytona Beach. Jeanne M. Goddard died in 1999.

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