[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: An official bestowal of your honorary P.

Wed May 18 13:07:28 BST 2011

As I said before....PeaUtiful!!  Does that mean that I would be PeaAlanFarstrup or PeaAlanErikFarstrup????
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On May 18, 2011, at 1:14 AM, Anders, Patricia L - (planders) wrote:

> p.david does not quite tell the truth. Back when P. Wayne introduced him, david’s name was in lower case. Those of us from Wisconsin have never capitalized the name p. p.david Pearson.  I was glad to see that he signed his message appropriately though. P PLA  
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> PS: I do admit, however, that the honorary p has gotten me through many situations such as p. david describes.
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> From: reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of P. David Pearson
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 6:34 PM
> To: Reading Hall of Fame
> Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] An official bestowal of your honorary P.
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> Dear P. Hall of Fame colleagues,
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> I write to perform an official act for those of you unable to attend the ceremony commemorating my official entry into septuagenarianhood in Orlando--the bestowal of the honorary P.  
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> An honorary P, especially when used as a first initial, is a useful asset that can be deployed during milestone, particularly high trauma potential, events in one's professional life.  For instance, when you are experiencing self-doubt and minor bouts of colleague envy (to be distinguished from bouts of minor colleague envy), you can haul out your honorary P and join ranks with the likes of W. Somerset Maugham, F. Scott Fitzgerald, J. Edgar Hoover, H. Ross Perot, and S. Jay Samuels.  
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> I must confess that the bestowal of the honorary P is not unique to me or this event.  I first encountered such a bestowal in the mid to  late 1970s on a visit to UW Madison when P. Wayne Otto, in introducing me at a graduate seminar, bestowed upon everyone in the audience an honorary P, giving rise to names like P. Thomas Barrett, P. Dale Johnson, P. Richard Smith, P. Patricia Anders (then a PhD student) and the like.  I, of course, also received the honorary P, rendering my name P. P. David Pearson, which was immediately truncated to PPDP (pronounced pea pea DEE pea), a moniker that stuck with me for well over a decade.  Fessing up to these historical roots is the least I can do for Hall of Fame members.
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> On May 17, 2011, at 6:00 AM, Colin Harrison wrote:
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> Professorial Pals, a paraenesis:
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> Paeans of praise for PDP
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> Please place paragraphs proximally with panache and without procrastination.
> http://pdavidpearsons70thbirthdayning.ning.com/
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> Panegyrically yours,
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> P. Colin Harrison
> (pp  P. Freddy Hiebert)
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> From: Freddy Hiebert [mailto:hiebert at textproject.org] 
> Sent: 16 May 2011 22:46
> To: Colin Harrison
> Subject: Friends of P. David Pearson: Ning
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> If you can put on the Reading Hall of Fame listserv, I would greatly appreciate it.  It was a great party!  P. Freddy
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> Dear Friends of PDP,
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> If you were at the party on Sunday evening in Orlando, you have already received your official "P." to put in front of your name.  If you weren't at the event, P. David graciously has given all of his friends and colleagues permission to put a "P." in front of their names.  
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> If you haven't already, PLEASE consider making a contribution to P. David's birthday Ning.  Add a message, a photo, or a video.  On May 31st, P. Gina Cervetti will offload the material into an e-book for P. David. Don't be left out!
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> http://pdavidpearsons70thbirthdayning.ning.com/
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> You'll be hearing from me once more when we've got the link to the official picture gallery of the event.  Thanks for your participation--at the event, in the Ning, or both.
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> P. Freddy Hiebert
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