<div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Kia ora tatou</font><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Greetings from the Southern Hemisphere</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">In New Zealand we have a saying - <b>Kua hinga te totara i Te Waonui a Tane - </b>amighty totara has fallen. A totara is a massive, strong native tree used to carve large waka (canoes) and build houses. It symbolises the loss of a cherished leader of high status.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Thank you, David, for your superb contributions to literacy worldwide - you have been a mighty totara.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Arohanui</font></div><div><font size="4">Heather Bell</font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 3:50 AM Gadsden, Vivian Lynette <<a href="mailto:viviang@upenn.edu">viviang@upenn.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div id="m_549817880546299721divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Reading-hall-of-fame <<a href="mailto:reading-hall-of-fame-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">reading-hall-of-fame-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>> on behalf of Kris D Gutierrez <<a href="mailto:gutierrkd@berkeley.edu" target="_blank">gutierrkd@berkeley.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 30, 2026 9:50 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Colin Harrison <<a href="mailto:colin.harrison@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">colin.harrison@nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> reading hall of fame <<a href="mailto:reading-hall-of-fame@lists.nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">reading-hall-of-fame@lists.nottingham.ac.uk</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Message from P David</span>
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<div dir="ltr">Colleagues, </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Our esteemed colleague, mentor and beloved friend, David Pearson, passed away this morning after battling cancer. More details to follow. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Many of us, indeed the field, are so indebted to David for his transformational work and leadership in reading. And many of us will have many stories to share about how he made our lives and scholarship so much better. His work was always
oriented toward social good and his openness and generosity made him an invaluable colleague, dean, and friend. I am so proud that he was a mentor since I was an undergraduate. Here's to you, David.</div>
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Kris D. Gutiérrez<br>
Distinguished Professor & Carol Liu Chair <br>
Berkeley School of Education<br>
University of California, Berkeley<br>
<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/2121+Berkeley+Way+%0D%0ABerkeley,+Ca+94720-1670?entry=gmail&source=g">2121 Berkeley Way</a><br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/2121+Berkeley+Way+%0D%0ABerkeley,+Ca+94720-1670?entry=gmail&source=g">
Berkeley, Ca 94720-1670</a><br>
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Member, National Academy of Education<br>
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences <br>
Fellow, British Academy<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 12:18 AM Colin Harrison <<a href="mailto:colin.harrison@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank">colin.harrison@nottingham.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</div>
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David has asked me to post this:</div>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:13px;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Here's the latest update on my plan to share updates about my cancer. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:13px;color:rgb(33,33,33)">I am keeping a journal that I’d like to share with folks who want to follow my progress in dealing with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. I will post the journal on a website
that anyone who has the link can go back to at any time to check on the latest developments. The link will stay the same, but the journal will grow as I add entries. It will chronicle the development, treatment, and sense I am making of this encounter with
bladder cancer. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:13px;color:rgb(33,33,33)">The primary audience for the journal is me. I want to document the experience as a way of confronting and understanding it. The secondary audience is the collection of family,
friends, neighbors, and colleagues who might like to be kept abreast of the journey. I have no desire to impose these updates on those who have no desire to receive them. And I am hoping this approach will minimize their email burden. </span></p>
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If you click <span style="color:rgb(0,120,212)" role="presentation"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WExiReaEeym98Fx4AmITmx-wPgXM1fmw1Fqp68Z6vxY/edit?tab=t.0*heading=h.ywsqwxsn37m8__;Iw!!IBzWLUs!SircrWecwWAjyazXIBsj5syKL38Vf9wNapRI6bjj5fSp321Rz1Yiv2evZftyMSOPz__fjiBZkzTcdirZw6d8Zr5M$" title="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WExiReaEeym98Fx4AmITmx-wPgXM1fmw1Fqp68Z6vxY/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.ywsqwxsn37m8" style="color:rgb(0,120,212)" target="_blank">this
link</a></span>, it will take you directly to “pdavidpearson’s Bladder Cancer Journal.” You can bookmark and return to that link at any time to find the most recent version of the Journal, with new additions added regularly.</li><li style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:13px;color:rgb(33,33,33);line-height:normal;margin:0px">
Additionally, if you give me your permission, by responding with an affirmative email to
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I will send a simple reminder when I have added newsworthy developments or reflections. Just tell me that you would like to be added to the notification list.</li></ol>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:13px;color:rgb(33,33,33)">The Journal can be read by any person who has email, a web browser, and the link. You won't need a special word processing app or a google account or even Adobe reader.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:13px;color:rgb(33,33,33)">If you got this far, thanks for reading. Hope you sign on to the journey.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-size:13px;color:rgb(33,33,33)">David</span></p>
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