Richard N. "Rick" Goddard, a retired U.S. Air Force Major General, ran for the United States Congress in the 2008 election for Georgia's 8th congressional district as a Republican.
Goddard graduated from the University of Utah in 1966 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science and received a Masters of Science in Business Administration from Central Michigan University in 1975.
Goddard commanded two aircraft maintenance squadrons and two FB-111 fighter/bomber squadrons, the 380th Bomb Wing at Plattsburgh Air Force Base in Plattsburgh, New York and the 27th Fighter Wing at Cannon Air Force Base near Clovis, New Mexico.
As a member of the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff, he served as deputy director of the National Strategic Target List and as deputy director for force employment plans.
[3] Since July 2006, Goddard has been the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia;[4] prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President for Administration.