[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: [EXT] Sad news

[P Pearson]

The editor of the electronic magazine asked for some comments about
Dorothy.  Sharing them with fellow HOF members in advance.  Told her she
could use as few or as many as she liked.

Throughout my career, I was blessed to have the privilege of working with
Dorothy Strickland in many professional settings.  More often than not,
they were national or international committees, task forces, and panels.
Most were within IRA/ILA but also in NCTE and government agencies and
foundations.

Dorothy was the ultimate professional.  On these various panels, the charge
was to find ways to improve the experiences and opportunities of students
and teachers. Dorothy knew student learning was tightly linked to teacher
learning. So she focused her energy on improving the quality of teacher
education—by providing more rigorous and more empowering teacher learning
in both pre-service credential programs and professional development
settings.

Dorothy was a doer.  She came to the table to get the work done.  She
didn't walk away when things didn't always go exactly the way she wanted
them to. I am sure that her determination to finish the work, along with
her collaborative disposition and her wisdom about policy and practice,
were the reasons she was in such high demand as a member of these national
panels.

Dorothy was a teacher and mentor--for so many doctoral students at Rutgers
and for so many new scholars and teacher educators from all over the world.
They all sought to emulate her model of being a literacy professional.

Dorothy was a friend.  She was the kind of colleague you knew you could
call on when you were confronted with a serious or delicate matter. One of
my highlights:  We were inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame in the same
"class" in 1990, and shared the podium with our "inaugural" addresses.

Dorothy was a class act--That's how I will remember her.

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 1:46 PM P Pearson <ppearson at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> A very sad time for our field.  Three very different but all very
> effective leaders of IRA.
> pdp
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 1:38 PM Jack Cassidy <dr.jackcassidy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Three former IRA presidents in three weeks (Ken, Dottie and Lee) - very
>> sad. I served on the IRA Board with all three - all stellar individuals
>> both professionally and personally. They are missed.
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 1:56 PM Yetta Goodman <ygoodman at u.arizona.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Jeanne for this information. It is very helpful in remembering
>>> Lee's influences.  Yetta
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020, 6:05 AM Paratore, Jeanne <jparator at bu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> *External Email*
>>>>
>>>> My dear friends,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It is with a very heavy heart that I write to say that our colleague,
>>>> Lee Indrisano, has passed away. Many of you knew Lee as a remarkable
>>>> scholar, a trusted and loyal friend, and a model of grace, elegance, and
>>>> thoughtfulness. Lee was a teaching exemplar, bringing all that she knew
>>>> about research in teaching and learning to its practice, whether in an
>>>> advanced graduate seminar or a tutorial with a first grader. Her relentless
>>>> pursuit of excellence extended well beyond teaching and learning to all of
>>>> her professional endeavors—we saw it when she hosted a conference for
>>>> thousands of participants, a meeting for 20, or a dinner party for 12. We
>>>> even saw and heard her commitment to excellence in her personal style, in
>>>> her attention to every detail of her appearance, in the words she spoke,
>>>> and in the manner in which she spoke them. For me, she was all of this and,
>>>> in addition, a truly incredible mentor and the most loving, generous, and
>>>> loyal friend anyone could hope to have. I will miss her deeply, but I am
>>>> comforted by the knowledge that she lives on in the work of so many others
>>>> who were so lucky to have been touched by her.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> While Lee did not want us to formally recognize her passing, her niece
>>>> and nephews have spent these last days thinking about all of the things
>>>> that Lee loved doing in her healthier years. One thing that stood out for
>>>> them was Lee’s love of giving books, especially children’s books, to them,
>>>> to their children and to the many, many children she reached through her
>>>> professional work. Lee’s niece, Alison (Indrisano) Wagner, is a volunteer
>>>> with an organization in Tampa called Kay’s Ministry. Kay’s serves the
>>>> homeless and very needy in the city of Tampa and in a migrant community
>>>> called Wimauma. In honor of Lee, Alison plans to purchase backpacks and
>>>> children’s books for each of the Wimauma children. The children love to
>>>> read – books in English and Spanish are always scooped up when they are
>>>> donated. The libraries are currently closed which has greatly impacted the
>>>> children.
>>>>
>>>> If you would like to assist Alison in this campaign, you can send your
>>>> favorite children’s book or a donation (check made out to Kay’s Ministry)
>>>> to Alison. Her address is Alison Wagner, 509 Manns Harbor Drive,
>>>> Apollo Beach Florida 33572
>>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/509+Manns+Harbor+Drive,+Apollo+Beach+Florida+33572?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> With deep sadness,
>>>>
>>>> Jeanne
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Jeanne R. Paratore *
>>>>
>>>> Professor  Emerita
>>>>
>>>> Literacy Education
>>>>
>>>> Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development
>>>>
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