Bernard Goodrich, a smart and affable reporter for the Washington Evening Star and a leading board member of the National Press Foundation, passed away on August 9 in Ocean City, New Jersey. He was 95.

In addition to the Star, Goodrich was a shipboard correspondent with the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean area during the Korean War, writing stories for the hometown papers of Marines stationed in Europe.

He worked at the Washington Star until 1955 when he left to enter public relations. In 1966, he volunteered as media advance man for Vice President Hubert Humphrey and in 1968 managed the press room at the Democratic Convention in Chicago.

For the foundation, Goodrich was the chairman for 10 years of NPF’s annual awards dinner, which honors the best in journalism, helping it grow into one of Washington’s major media events.

Bernie was also a long-time and much beloved member of the National Press Club and a member of the Public Relations Society of America. On the corporate side, he was a senior executive for International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. and MCI Communications Corporation for many years.