Carl Leonard Goodzeit

Carl Leonard Goodzeit, 88, of DeSoto, Texas, passed away on January 25, 2017. Carl was born on March 19, 1928 to Morris and Ruth Goodzeit in Newark, New Jersey. He was valedictorian of the Millburn High School class of 1946, and went on to earn a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University in 1950, and an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Brown University in 1955. Most of his career was spent at the U.S. Department of Energy, working at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, New York as a Senior Engineer in the Physics Department (1959-1982) and then Magnet Division (1982-1989). From 1990-1994, he was a Senior Engineer and Group Leader for the Magnet Division of the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) in Texas. Most recently he has worked as an engineering consultant in Texas. He holds numerous patents, and in November 2016, he delivered a paper on advanced electric motor technology at the Electric and Hybrid Aerospace Technology Symposium in Cologne, Germany.  Carl loved tennis, cooking, cats, sailing, playing the guitar, the Bahamas, and spending time with his family. He is survived by his wife of nearly 55 years, Connie Goodzeit, and his four children, Neil, Alison, James, and Carolyn, his five grandchildren, Elliot, Emma, Olivia, Michael and Victoria, and four grandcats, Preston, Otis, Winona, and RayRay. Carl was one of a kind, and his family adored him for his humor, intelligence and his unique personality. He will be greatly missed, and is in our hearts and souls forever. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to Alley Cat Allies, https://www.alleycat.org/.