Charles True Goodsell was an American academic and writer who was Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech's Center for Public Administration and Policy.
12 Facts About Charles Goodsell
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Charles Goodsell was perhaps best known for his volume The Case for Bureaucracy, now in its 4th edition.
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In 1994, Charles Goodsell was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
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Charles T Goodsell was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on July 23,1932.
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Charles Goodsell is the son of former Kalamazoo College President Charles Goodsell and Frances Comee Goodsell.
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Charles Goodsell earned his BA degree at Kalamazoo College in 1954.
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Charles Goodsell began his academic teaching career as an assistant professor of public administration at the University of Puerto Rico in 1961.
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In 1978, Charles Goodsell began teaching at Virginia Tech University as a professor of public administration and public affairs and served as director of the university's Center for Public Administration and Policy.
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Charles Goodsell continued to teach at Virginia Tech University until he retired in 2002, although he remained at the university as professor emeritus.
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Originally published in 1983, it is Charles Goodsell's best known work.
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Charles Goodsell uses three concepts to interpret government architecture in the social sense: the search for political values in the buildings, the effects of the building on behavior, and the impression the buildings make on society.
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Charles Goodsell died in Blacksburg on November 24,2024, at the age of 92.