better conditions. Golden was "Shepherd" of the Lambs, a social club for workers in the theatrical professions, from 1942 to 1944. In 1954 he was appointed New York City Chairman for United Nations Day. He was the author of the United Nations All Faith Prayer For Peace. Family and legacy Golden married Margaret Hesterich in 1909. They moved to Bayside, Queens in 1920. They bought a 15-room house on a 20-acre estate and gave 9 acres for use as baseball diamonds and a children's play center. Golden died at home of a heart attack on June 17, 1955. Golden left the Bayside estate to the City of New York as a park "for the use and enjoyment by the young people of the community of all races and creeds in a manner similar to that in which I made this property available for recreation and community acts during my lifetime." The John Golden Park was dedicated on October 18, 1965. Speakers at the ceremony included Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr., Robert Moses, Parks Commissioner Newbold Morris, Bernard F. Gimbel (of Gimbels), Frederick O'Neal, Rube Goldberg, Harry Hershfield, and Vincent Sardi Jr. of Sardi's. The John Golden award provides grants to students at the Hunter College Master of Arts in Theatre in New York. Work Lyrics Golden wrote lyrics for many Broadway theatre productions, including: Miss Prinnt (Musical, Comedy) December 25, 1900 – November 19, 1901 The Hoyden (Musical, Comedy) October 19, 1907 – February 1, 1908 The Candy Shop (Musical, Comedy) April 27, 1909 – June 12, 1909 Tillie's Nightmare (Musical, Comedy) May 5, 1910 – December 1911 Girlies (Musical, Comedy) June 13, 1910 – August 27, 1910 The Echo (Musical) August 17, 1910 – October 1, 1910 Judy Forgot (Musical, Comedy) October 6, 1910 – November 12, 1910 Over the River (Musical, Extravaganza, Farce) January 8, 1912 – April 20, 1912 The Girl from Montmartre (Play, Farce) August 5, 1912 – April 1913 A Winsome Widow (Musical, Comedy, Farce) April 11, 1912 – September 7, 1912 The Sunshine Girl (Musical) February 3, 1913 – September 20, 1913 A World of Pleasure (Musical, Revue) October 14, 1915 – January 22, 1916 Sybil (Musical, Comedy) January 10, 1916 – June 3, 1916 Hip! Hip! Hooray! (1915) (Musical, Revue) September 30, 1915 – June 3, 1916 Go to It (Musical – music) October 24, 1916 – November 1916 The Big Show (Musical,