Morgan Harrison Goodhart, son of Clarence R. and Pauline Boyd Goodhart, was born in New Mexico on August 3, 1907. He attended the University of Georgia, earning a bachelor's degree in education and history and a commission as second lieutenant in the Army Infantry Reserve in 1933; and a master's degree in history and government in 1936. While attending college, Goodhart served as an instructor at Darlington School for Boys (Rome, Georgia) from 1933 to 1935; then worked as assistant instructor of history at the University of Georgia (1936) and as assistant instructor of history at Louisiana State University (1936-1938). In 1939, Goodhart joined the U. S. Army Air Forces, and during World War II, he received assignment to photo reconnaissance units, serving in the Mediterranean Theater and in Italy. With creation of the U. S. Air Force in 1947, Goodhart was integrated into the service as a career officer. By 1949, Goodhart had been promoted to lieutenant colonel and was in charge of the passenger terminal at Rhein Air Base in Frankfurt, Germany. He served as executive officer of the liaison section of the U. S. forces in Austria from 1946 to 1948 and as terminal officer during the Berlin Airlift. Following his return to the U. S. in 1949, Goodhart served as chief of staff in charge of psychological warfare within the Air Resupply and Communications Service at the Pentagon. He received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Vienna in 1951. In 1952, Goodhart was named commanding officer and professor of air science and tactics of the Air Reserve Officers Training Corps at University of Oklahoma. In 1956, he became director of the maintenance laboratory at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado. Goodhart retired from the Air Force on October 31, 1960. Course catalogs of The Citadel list him as an assistant professor of history from 1961 to 1968, and associate professor of history from 1969 to 1972. Morgan H. Goodhart died January 19, 1987, and was buried in Oakhill Cemetery, Bartow County, Georgia.