Arnold L. Goodman Ph.D.

Arnold L. Goodman, Ph.D., of Boca Raton, passed away at home on February 26, 2026, following a long illness. Born in Huntington, New York, in 1946 and raised in Glen Cove, Arnie earned a degree in biology from Brandeis University before serving as a biological assistant at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. He later received a Ph.D. in Physiology from Emory University, specializing in neuroendocrinology and reproductive endocrinology.

Over a nearly 50-year career, he distinguished himself as an educator, scientific researcher, and consultant. His professional path included appointments at the National Institutes of Health and Human Services, the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the Jones Institute of Reproductive Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and research positions at Novartis, KForce Clinical Research, Abbott, and Merck Pharmaceuticals. He authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific articles, abstracts, and book chapters in reproductive endocrinology, reviewed grant proposals for the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, and served on the editorial board of the American Journal of Physiology. He maintained active membership in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physiological Society, the Association of Clinical Research Professionals, the Endocrine Society, and the Society for the Study of Reproduction.

Arnie held a deep love for music and studied piano as an adult. He and his wife, Lynn Marie, shared a passion for travel and together visited more than 45 countries. A lover of language, he took particular delight in the precise use of words and was widely known for his brilliant wit and original, amusing puns.

He was the son of the late Ely and Mary (London) Goodman, and brother to the late Maxine Smolen and to H. Maurice Goodman. Arnie is survived by his wife of 35 years, Lynn Marie Eigelsbach, his brother Maurice (Sandra), and seven nieces and nephews: Michelle Schultz, Julie and Cara Goodman, Susan Abend, Stuart, Mark, and Karen Smolen.