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COL SHERWOOD (WOODY) D. GOLDBERG, Esq.: VIETNAM COMBAT VETERAN and CHIEF of STAFF & SENIOR ADVISOR to SECRETARY OF STATE, GEN ALEXANDER HAIG
Thursday, November 13, 2025 Cocktails: 11:30 a.m.
Program: 12:00 noon
Lunch to follow
Philadelphia Club
1301 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Cost: $ 60 in advance
$ 65 at the door with reservation
$ 70 walk-ins (if there is room)
COAT AND TIE REQUIRED! (Mufti or Uniform) EQUIVALENT FOR LADIES
PA Companion COL Sherwood “Woody” D. Goldberg served as an Infantry Officer with the 4th Armored Division in Germany, the 1st Infantry Division (Big Red One) for two tours of duty in Vietnam as a Mechanized Infantry Company Commander, Brigade Headquarters Company Commander, Assistant Brigade and Division Plans and Operations Officer, and subsequently as an Assistant Professor of Social Sciences, at West Point. His decorations include the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, 4 Bronze Star Medals (two for valor), and the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters. He qualified both Airborne and Ranger.
Over the course of some 25 years, in war and peace, COL Goldberg served in Vietnam, the U.S. Department of State, and in the private sector as chief of staff, senior advisor and, business associate of the late General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., the 59th U.S. Secretary of State, during which time he participated in diplomatic efforts focused on NATO, the Middle East Peace Process, U.S.-Latin America Relations, on the then-Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China, the Holy See, efforts to avert the U.K. - Argentina Falklands War, and on global terrorism; ge was in the White House on the day of the attempted assassination of President Reagan; he engaged in crisis management and in Israel’s attack on the Iraqi nuclear facility.
Our speaker was elected a “Friend of West Point” in 2000, inducted in 2005 as a “Distinguished Member of the 16th Infantry Regiment” (DMOR) and was presented in 2010 with the “General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Guardian of Liberty Award” by the West Point Society of Philadelphia; in 2013 he was inducted into the Schuylkill Valley High School’s Hall of Fame and in 2016 was elected to the first class of the U.S. Army’s “ROTC Hall of Fame.” In 2017, Colonel Goldberg was appointed an Honorary Brigadier General in the D.C. National Guard Militia and in 2018 was inducted as an Honorary Member of the 3d Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) “America’s Regiment.” After serving more than 19 years as Civilian Aide to 11 Secretaries of the Army for Washington, D.C.(CASA), with a protocol rank of a three-star General, he now is an Emeritus CASA. He is an Emeritus Trustee of Dickinson College, Senior Vice President of West Point Jewish Chapel Fund, member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of PA, a Life Member of The PA Commandery - MOFW and of the Association of the United States Army; he was Co-chair with the late Senator Robert Dole of the Selection Committee for the annual “Dr. Henry Viscardi Achievement Award,” which recognizes disabled persons from around the world that advocate for and support other disabled persons. He and his wife, Susan, maintain residences in Philadelphia, PA and Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Dickinson College (B.A.), the University of Pennsylvania (M.A.), and Temple University School of Law (J.D.)
We encourage you to invite spouses, adult children, and friends, especially those that may be eligible to be Hereditary or Veteran Companions, to hear this distinguished speaker, a decorated combat veteran, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army, and Chief of Staff to General Alexander Haig.
Please fill out and mail the attached reservation form with your cheque, payable to:
“The PA Commandery – MOFW” to MAJ James Mallinson, PO Box 627, Paoli, PA 19301. Please try to mail it by Saturday, November 8. The cost for the event is $60 per person if we receive your cheque in advance. If you reserve in advance but do not send a cheque, you may pay $65 at the door, preferably by cheque. Walk-ins, if there is room, will be charged $70. If you do not send your reservation in time but wish to attend, call or text Jim at 610-457-0003, or email him at [email protected] . We regret having to bill no-shows if they do not cancel their reservation by Tuesday, November 11.
FUTURE EVENTS:
Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 6:00 p.m.: Annual Joint Christmas Dinner with the Radnor Hunt Veterans at Radnor Hunt. Black-tie/mess dress. Details will follow.
Thursday, January 8, 2026, 11:30 a.m.: Speaker-Luncheon at the Philadelphia Club: COL Scott Gehris, USMC, Professor of Naval Science at Villanova and the University of Pennsylvania on Changing Missions for the Marine Corps in the 21st Century. There will also be a brief annual meeting
Wednesday, January 14 to Friday, January 16, 2026: Biennial National Convention of the MOFW-US in New York City. Details will follow.
Fraternally,
Alvan Markle IV
Commander, The Pennsylvania Commandery – MOFW
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