Robert F. Goldsworthy | |
State: | Washington |
State House: | Washington |
District: | 9th |
Term Start: | 1957 |
Term End: | 1973 |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Date: | 26 September 1917 |
Birth Place: | Spokane, Washington |
Death Place: | Spokane, Washington |
Relations: | Harry E. Goldsworthy (brother) |
Alma Mater: | Washington State University |
Branch: | United States Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1940–1975 |
Rank: | Major General |
Battles: | World War II Korean War |
Robert Flood Goldsworthy (September 26, 1917 – January 25, 2014) was a state legislator in the U.S. state of Washington. He was born in Spokane.[1] [2] He is also a retired major general in the United States Air Force.[3] He served 9th district in the Washington House of Representatives from 1957 to 1973 as a Republican.[4]
Goldsworthy served in the United States Air Force during World War II and the Korean War, and was kept as a prisoner of war in Japan during the former. He retired from the Air Force in 1975.[5] He died at the age of 96 in January 2014.[6] His wife, Jean died less than a year later, on January 15, 2015.[7] They survived by her son Robert, her daughter Jill, their six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.