Sir Stuart Coldwell Goodwin (19 April 1886 – 6 June 1969) was a Sheffield steel industrialist and philanthropist who gave away over £500,000 to charities, particularly in south Yorkshire and north Nottinghamshire.
He decided to provide funding for Travelling Fellowships specifically for young graduate engineers.
The Fellowship was administered on his behalf by an eminent committee led by the charismatic and influential David Rennie Hardman, previously Secretary for Education in the British Government.
[citation needed] In 1962, he founded the Sir Stuart and Lady Florence Goodwin Charity.
[9][10] In 1964 Goodwin sponsored a £1,000 Ryder Cup Reunion Foursomes tournament at Hallamshire Golf Club.
Each member of the Britain and Ireland team for the 1957 Ryder Cup was paired with a Yorkshire or Nottinghamshire professional in the 72-hole foursomes event, played over two days.