MARTIN D. GOODKIN

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BORN :  FEBRUARY 29, 1936 IN THE BRONX

EDUCATION : P.S. 105, P. S. 83,  CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS H.S.

                    STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 1 YEAR

MILITARY :  U.S. MARINE CORPS

OCCUPATIONS : (1)    AN USHER THEN AN ASSISTANT MANAGER AT THE LYRIC  THEATRE ON 42ND STREET  1952-1954

                        (2)  PROFESSIONAL SERVER IN MANHATTAN, MIAMI BEACH, FORT LAUDERDALE   1956-1968, 1979-2002

                         (3)  WEIGHT WATCHER LECTURER  NEW YOK 1967-1969

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR WEIGHT WATCGHERS OF GREATER MEMPHIS, EASTERN ARKANSAS, WESTERN TENNESSEE AND CHATTANOOGA

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF OUR WEIGH   1974-1979

WRITER/WRITING:  1950 TO PRESENT DAY

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

WHY BING CROSBY IS MY FAVORITE SINGER (ESSAY)

5 SIDED VIEW OF A MAN (PLAY)

FOR WHAT WE HAD  (NONFICTION)

THE LOOKS OF LOVE (FICTION)

THE FREE PRISONER  (FICTION)

LETTING IT ALL HANG OUT (ESSAYS)

THE GAY PARIAHS   (FICTION)

AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...  (FICTION)

NOBODY ASKED ME BUT...  (WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE WEEKLY NEWS---3 YEARS)

DINING OUT  (OUT MAGAZINE)

FAT CAN BE CURED (MOTIVATIONAL SERIES FOR VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS)

GOT PAID THE FIRST TIME AND HAVEN'T BEEN PAID SINCE (ANTHOLOGY: THE FIRST TIME)

COOKBOOK SERIES (OUR WEIGH)

WEEKLY COLUMN FOR WAISTLINES

A WAITER'S LAMENT  (SOUTH FLORIDA MAGAZINE, NEW JERSEY MENU GUIDE)

VARIOUS OTHER PUBLISHED ARTICLES

HOBBIES: (AT VARIOUS TIMES) SALT AND FRESH WATER FISH,  FINCHES, BUDGIES AND COCKATIELS ,  HOME PLANTS

INTERESTS:

THEATRE (FIRST SHOW I SAW WAS THE ORIGINAL "OKLAHOMA' AND BECAME A LIFETIME
THEATRE FAN--SAW EVERY BROADWAY SHOW FROM 1950-1954, 1960-1967 AND
IN-BETWEEN YEARS-- SAW EVERY MAJOR BROADWAY STAR, MUSICAL, DRAMA UNTIL
1985--HAVE SEEN 101 PRODUCTIONS OF "A CHORUS LINE"

TRAVELING   48 OF 50 STATES (MISSED NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA), SOUTH AMERICA, MEXICO, VANCOUVER, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND , EAST AND WEST CARIBBEAN, SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS