Lord Goodman

Arnold Abraham Goodman, Baron Goodman
Lord Goodman, 1974
Born	Aby Goodman 21 August 1915 London, England
Died	12 May 1995(1995-05-12) (aged 79) London, England
Residence	London and Oxford
Nationality	British
Education	University College London; Downing College, Cambridge
Occupation	Lawyer and political advisor
Known for	Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain; solicitor/advisor to Harold Wilson; Master of University College, Oxford

Arnold Abraham Goodman, Baron Goodman, CH, (21 August 1915 – 12 May 1995) was a British lawyer and political advisor.

Arnold Goodman was born to middle class Jewish parents in London, England. He was educated at University College London and Downing College, Cambridge. He became a leading London lawyer as Senior Partner in the law firm Goodman, Derrick & Co (now Goodman Derrick LLP). He was solicitor and advisor to politicians such as Harold Wilson.

Lord Goodman was chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1965 until 1972, succeeded by Lord Gibson. As chair of the Arts Council, Goodman managed the organisation's 'golden age' with the establishing of the South Bank Centre and adoption of the only UK government bill for the Arts while the Council began regular funding for a number of galleries and theatre companies in the English regions. He was also chairman of British Lion Films, the Committee of Inquiry into Charity Law, the Committee on London Orchestras, the Housing Corporation, the National Building Agency, the Newspaper Proprietors' Association, and The Observer Trust, as well as being Director of the Royal Opera House and Sadler's Wells, Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, a member of the Planning Committee for the Open University and President of the Theatrical Advisory Committee. He was a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art. He was also a founder and patron of the Next Century Foundation. He was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) by the University of Bath in 1976. On the 7th November of the same year, he formally opened the British Music Information Centre (BMIC).