Clive Andrew GOODWIN

GOODWIN, CLIVE ANDREW (b. Ryde, NSW, 16 March 1908; d. 8 July 1981). Anglican clergyman in Sydney.

After two years at the Croydon Missionary and Bible Training College, Clive Goodwin entered Moore College and was ordained deacon in 1932, and priested 1933. After curacies in Nowra, Hobart and Rockdale, he became rector of Port Kembla in 1937 and of St Mary's in 1940. This was followed by his appointment as chaplain for the Mission to Seamen in 1942, where his skills in administration and development first found full play. He became rector of St Mark's, Darling Point in 1950, and of St Philip's, Church Hill in 1964. In both parishes he rejuvenated the financial and property situation and carried out urgently needed restoration work on the church fabric.

Goodwin became chairman of the Glebe Administration Board at a time when the 99 year leases of St Philip's Glebe were due to revert to the church's control. The Board was reconstituted with new members of outstanding ability; plans for redevelopment and for sale and reinvestment were carried out to the enormous advantage of the diocese.

Goodwin had been the chief mover in establishing the Howard & Dorothy Mowll Memorial Village at Castle Hill in 1959. This led to the formation of the Church of England Retirement Villages Board on which he served as director from 1964. The original Village was to multiply 15 times during his term of office with four nursing homes and more than 3000 residents. No-one could overestimate the value of his vision and drive in this remarkable venture.

Goodwin became archdeacon of Sydney in 1962 and was made MBE in 1968. He was born a practical achiever and he had a flair for seeing what could be done. He was a shrewd judge of people and knew how to surround himself with men of stature. He was devoted to his family, no Goodwin event was ever complete unless it could include his wife, his children and grandchildren. Declining health compelled him to retire in April 1980. Few men of his generation had accomplished so much in the way of practical achievement on the widest scale and with long lasting benefit for the church in the diocese.

M Loane, Mark These Men

MARCUS LOANE