# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-goodstein
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:46:25.231Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-goodstein"
name: "David Goodstein"
slug: "david-goodstein"
description: "David Louis Goodstein was an American physicist and educator. From 1988 to 2007 he served as Vice-provost of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he was also a professor of physics and applied physics, as well as the Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor."
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birthDate: "1939-04-05"
deathDate: "2024-04-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump