Gregory Good received a B.S. in Physics in 1974 from St. Vincent College located in Latrobe, PA. In 1979 he received his first full time teaching opportunity at the University of Winnipeg located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He few years later he attended University of Toronto where he received his Ph. D in History of Science in 1982. Throughout his career he has held several positions at Institutions and a nonprofit organization. From January 1983 to December 2008, Gregory was an associate professor, director of graduate studies, and chair of the history department at West Virginia University. Good has served as editor of the two-volume Sciences of the Earth encyclopedia along with his published works The Earth, the Heavens and the Carnegie Institution of Washington . Gregorys goal as a historian of science is to communicate with the broadest possible audience and encourage public understanding of science and its roles in society. He also believes that there are a lot of disciplinary history centers and plans to work with all the ones he can even the ones that seem counterintuitive in hopes of having the history center function as a physical meeting place. His interest in the history of the physical geosciences, the history of research programs, shifting research programs, diverse commitments, and the history of physics and of the earth sciences in the 19th and 20th centuries.