Terence S. Goodyear was raised in Grand Falls. After completing high school, he attended Kings College in Halifax before completing a degree in Civil Engineering at the Nova Scotia Technical College (now Dalhousie University).

Mr. Goodyear’s first job after graduating was with the Department of Transportation on Prince Edward Island. After three years, he returned to Grand Falls to join his family’s construction company, J. Goodyear & Sons Ltd. Beginning in the 1960s, he was responsible for designing many of the roads constructed to connect rural communities in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Mr. Goodyear has always held a keen interest in underwater issues and took up scuba diving when the activity was still in its infancy in the province. The unique combination of his engineering background and his diving skills allowed him to provide professional advice on structures such as wharves, dams and water intakes.

Eventually, Mr. Goodyear started his own company, Newfoundland Underwater Diving Engineering, and trained a team of divers to work with him. Under his direction, early processes for underwater inspection, welding and cutting, under ice and at night operations and underwater demolition were developed. Mr. Goodyear ran this company for 20 years until his retirement.

After retiring, he remained active in the engineering field and served as sole commissioner for the environmental assessment hearings for the Outer Ring Road in St. John’s.

Mr. Goodyear has done significant work in advancing and promoting the engineering and construction industries in Newfoundland and Labrador. He served on the board of directors of the Association of Professional Engineers of Newfoundland and Labrador and was president from 1973 to 1974. He was also the founding member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Construction Association and the Atlantic Concrete-Ready Mix Association.

Mr. Goodyear is an active volunteer in his community and province. He was a councillor with the Town of Grand Falls-Windsor from 1985-89 and served as deputy mayor from 1993 to 1997. He spent time on the Exploits River Management Association where he was instrumental in the construction of the Noel Paul Fish Hatchery and the Salmonid Interpretation Centre.

His other board experience includes terms with Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, College of the North Atlantic, the Grand Falls and Area Chamber of Commerce, the Carmelite House Interfaith Committee, YMCA and the South and Central Health Foundation (as a founding member).

Mr. Goodyear is a long time Rotarian and a huge supporter of Big Brother and Big Sisters Canada.