Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, May 22, 1990 TAG: 9005220611
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: EVENING
SOURCE: GREG EDWARDS BUSINESS WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Goode heads up NS' 44-person tax department in Roanoke. With the exception of Goode and the three other lawyers who are being transferred, the remainder of the department will remain in Roanoke, Goode said.
Goode's transfer leaves Roanoke with two NS vice presidents: William Bales, who supervises the railroad's coal business, and Donald W. Mayberry, who is in charge of mechanical operations.
Goode said his transfer would take place in the "near future."
Also transferred to Norfolk are Henry C. "Hank" Wolf, assistant vice-president tax counsel, and lawyers Jim Hixon and William Gallanco.
Goode, a Vinton native, went to work for the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1965 as a tax attorney. He has held his current position since 1985. The NW and Southern Railway merged in 1982 to form the Norfolk Southern.
"I'm moving because the chairman would like to have the head of tax functions closer to headquarters," Goode said. "I've lived here all my life. I naturally hate to leave the valley," he said.
With the remainder of the tax department staying, Goode said he expects to be spending a lot of time in the Roanoke Valley.
Goode is a graduate of Duke University and the Harvard Law School. Goode has been active in civic affairs in the Roanoke Valley, particularly in support of the arts.
He has served as president of the Roanoke Fine Arts Center, chairman of the board of Mill Mountain Theatre and on the board of the Western Virginia Foundation for Arts and Sciences, the governing body for Roanoke's Center in the Square. He has also served as chairman of Virginia's Commission for the Arts.
Goode's wife, Susan, is a member of the Roanoke City Planning Commission.
Wolf joined the Norfolk and Western Railway as a tax attorney in 1973. He is a graduate of William and Mary and its law school. He also holds a masters degree from Louisiana State University and a master of law degree from Georgetown University.
Wolf served in the Army judge advocate general's corps, in the office of the chief counsel of the IRS, and as an adviser to a tax court judge before joining the railroad.
In 1988, Wolf made news when he became one of the first Jews to be accepted for membership in Roanoke's Shenandoah Club.
by CNB