Electrical engineer, consultant.
As President of the electrical engineering firm of Elcon Consultans Limited, he worked on several major projects, including the Canadian Chancery in Warsaw, Canadian Embassy in Moscow, Pan Am Swimming Pool, and Red River College. He was a member and past President of the Winnipeg section of the Illumination Engineering Society of North America and served in many capacities in that organization. He was an active member of the Masons and the Grace Lutheran church. A proud Icelandic-Canadian, Goodmanson was an executive member and past President of the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba and a board member of the Betel Home Foundation. He died at Linz, Austria on 27 September 1989.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 30 September 1989, page 59.
This page was prepared by Kris Keen.
Page revised: 2 November 2022
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