John S. Goldkamp, 64, a professor of criminal justice at Temple University, died August 26 of multiple myeloma.
Goldkamp came to Temple in 1978, became acting chair in 1979, and chaired the department from 1980-83 and again in 2004-10. For more than 30 years, he was instrumental both in attracting a strong faculty and creating a rigorous academic program for the university’s Department of Criminal Justice. His efforts led to the development of an MA program in the early 1980s and a doctoral program in the early 1990s, according to a press release from Temple’s criminal justice department.
