Philip H. Goodman

Philip H. Goodman (November 26, 1915 – May 1, 1976) was an American politician, 43rd Mayor of the City of Baltimore and a member of the Maryland Senate. He was Jewish of Polish descent and is buried at Har Sinai Cemetery in Owings Mills. Goodman was born in the shtetl of Kołki, then part of the Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Kolky in the Volyn Oblast of Ukraine). His family moved to the United States when he was six. Education Goodman grew up in Baltimore and attended the Baltimore City College high school. He earned his law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.