[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: [EXT] Re: I just got this message this instant
P Pearson
ppearson at berkeley.edu
Wed Dec 16 18:09:50 GMT 2020
Wonderful remembrance, Freddy!!!
David
On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 10:01 AM Elfrieda Hiebert <hiebert at textproject.org>
wrote:
> I was introduced to Jay Samuels’s work in my first months of graduate
> school. To be a respectable, aspiring educational psychologist required
> one to have at least some fluency with automaticity theory! Some years
> later, I worked up the courage to introduce myself to Jay at an
> International Reading Association meeting. I don't remember the year but I
> do remember he was off on the side of a conference hall tending to his baby
> daughter. The phenomenon of such a renowned scholar with a baby at a
> conference AND tending to it himself was remarkable.
>
> In the early 2000s when I was in the early stages of my text analysis
> work, I got an unexpected letter from Jay. I had submitted a chapter to
> the second edition of *What research says about reading instruction* that
> Jay edited with Alan Farstrup. I had received a review of the chapter with
> suggested edits from Alan. I was surprised and greatly encouraged when I
> got a letter from Jay commending me for the work and describing it as
> precisely the kind of research that was needed on text. Jay's letter was
> the only unsolicited acknowledgement of my research I had--and have--ever
> gotten. When I read the tributes from Reading Hall of Fame members, I see
> that I am not the only one who benefited from his practice of sending kudos
> to colleagues. This custom of congratulating colleagues who are not in my
> network on innovative and important work is one that I intend to emulate.
>
> A decade after I received the letter from Jay, I had the chance to
> collaborate with him on a study and a series of papers. The work pertained
> to basic science, student achievement, and instructional practice related
> to silent reading. Jay was knowledgeable, curious, amenable to new ideas,
> and generous with his knowledge. He was even open to my suggestions for
> edits! This opportunity to collaborate with Jay remains a highlight of my
> career.
>
> One of the characteristics I value most among colleagues is that they can
> laugh. My sense of humor is an acquired taste and Jay was quick to pick up
> on it. We shared many lovely dinners when we were both on an advisory
> board in the early 2010s. A favorite story of staff and other advisors
> about Jay occurred after an advisory meeting when several of us were in the
> TSA line at the Burlingon, VT airport. The airport is tiny and Jay’s
> interaction with a TSA agent was audible to all of us in line (and even
> those in the nearby waiting area). Jay went to some length to persuade the
> TSA agent that a three-quarters full bottle of vodka was for medicinal
> purposes. The TSA agent went home that evening with a three-quarters full
> bottle of vodka. I was left with a memory that always brings a smile to my
> face. My work and my life are both better having had Jay Samuels as a
> mentor, collaborator, and friend.
>
>
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> On Dec 16, 2020, at 8:01 AM, P Pearson <ppearson at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> I hate to say it, but I think that some combination of Rob Tierney, Mike
> Kamil, Dale Johnson and yours truly were the culprits. I think we thought
> Jay looked way overdressed for a poolside gathering and, as such, had
> earned the dunking.
>
> pdp
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:57 AM Cunningham, James William <
> jwcunnin at email.unc.edu> wrote:
>
>> Pat and I spent the summer of 1978 in Minneapolis thanks to P. David's
>> invitation for us to teach at the university. We sublet a townhouse in the
>> same complex where John Manning lived. I had read LaBerge & Samuels as a
>> doc student and Jay's early work on repeated readings as a young assistant
>> prof. Pat and I invited Jay to dinner at our townhouse and he came. It was
>> a delightful evening of storytelling and shop talking. That is when we got
>> to know him as the brilliant, funny, humble, nice person he was.
>> Jay had a lasting impact on my thinking. I definitely drank his
>> automaticity Kool-Aid. My 1979 RT article, "Automatic Pilot for Decoding,"
>> was inspired by his work. And just so you know, automaticity (with its
>> synonyms) is still a construct I believe our best quantitative research
>> supports, so his work has had a great effect on me.
>> As for crazy Jay stories, I only remember one and it vaguely. Maybe
>> someone can help me out. We are around the pool at the Don Cesar on a
>> lovely day during NRC and Jay ends up in the pool, clothes and all, wallet
>> and all. I can still see him walking back to his room to change with his
>> wet wallet in his hand. What I don't remember is whether he was thrown in
>> and, if so, by whom, or if he decided for some weird reason to jump in. Am
>> I the only one who still remembers this?
>> Jim
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk <
>> reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> on behalf of P
>> Pearson <ppearson at berkeley.edu>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 15, 2020 9:12 PM
>> *To:* Yetta Goodman <ygoodman at u.arizona.edu>
>> *Cc:* reading hall of fame <reading-hall-of-fame at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>> *Subject:* [Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: [EXT] Re: I just got this message
>> this instant
>>
>> For those of you who want to contact Jay's widow. Nancy Schermer, by
>> snail mail, here's the address:
>> P. O. Box 20531, Fountain Hills, AZ 85269
>>
>> This is Nancy's email address:
>> silkroadcamel at hotmail.com
>>
>> You can also continue to add comments to this RHF strand. I will gather
>> them together on Wednesday morning and package them in an integrated
>> response to her. Deadline: Noon on December 16 to be guaranteed that I
>> can get them organized for delivery to Nancy.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 11:20 AM P Pearson <ppearson at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>
>> I will ask Jay Blanchard if he has an address for Nancy Schermer, Jay's
>> widow.. There will be an outdoor burial service for Jay on Wednesday Dec
>> 16 at 2PM at Mt Sinai Cemetery in north Scottsdale. Nancy did share
>> this thought in a text exchange with me.
>> "We do plan to use some crazy Jay stories for part of it. Anything you
>> collect could be helpful." So if you want to submit any to me, I'll forward.
>> Jay Blanchard, who is attending and has been visiting Jay regularly since
>> his stroke a few years ago, has agreed to read this short tribute on my
>> behalf.
>>
>> *S. Jay Samuels: A Tribute*
>>
>> -
>> *Jay was my mentor. He lived the values and warrants of rigorous and
>> responsible scholarship and teaching. He supported my entry into the
>> field, connected me to other scholars and communities, and brokered
>> friendships that have lasted a lifetime. *
>> -
>> *Jay was my colleague. After I passed through the veil from student to
>> peer, he accepted me as he continued to mentor me. We wrote together,
>> presented together, edited together, and thought together. *
>> -
>> *Jay was my comrade. We worked hard and played hard. We ran the gamut
>> from serious scholarly review and writing to delightfully frivolous
>> escapades around the nation and even the world. *
>> - *Jay was my friend. I will miss him but always remember him. I
>> will honor his legacy to our understanding of this remarkable activity
>> called reading and always keep a place in my heart to share a smile about
>> the times we shared.*
>>
>> *P. David Pearson*
>> *Berkeley CA*
>> *December 2020*
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 10:55 AM Yetta Goodman <ygoodman at u.arizona.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I'm so sorry to hear of Jay's passing. I wonder if there is a family
>> address where we/I can send condolences?
>>
>> The reading/literacy community has lost members this year who all leave
>> important historical legacies for our field
>> to add to the rich literature on literacy learning and teaching.
>>
>> Yetta Goodman
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 11:58 AM P Pearson <ppearson at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>
>> *External Email*
>> Good to hear from both Joanna and Phil. Thanks for remembering.
>> David
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 10:44 AM Philip Gough <goughpb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> RIP
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 10:40 AM Williams, Joanna <
>> jwilliams at exchange.tc.columbia.edu> wrote:
>>
>> I am very much saddened to hear of Jay Samuels' death. Jay and I were
>> good colleagues. Over the years we regularly found ourselves at the same
>> meetings, speaking in the same sessions. In the 1960s we paired up to
>> debate Ken Goodman and Frank Smith. In the late 1990s we were both on the
>> National Reading Panel . We became fast friends. Jay was a great scholar
>> and an excellent teacher. His enthusiasm was inspiring. I will miss him.
>> Joanna Williams
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 12:44 PM P Pearson <ppearson at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>
>> From Jay Blanchard, who lives in the Phoenix area and has visited Jay
>> with some regularity].
>>
>> Jay Samuels passed this AM of COVID.
>> I am saddened by this development, especially with COVID as the proximal
>> cause. As many of you know, Jay, along with RHF members Bob Dykstra and
>> John Manning, was an influential mentor for me when I was at Minnesota as a
>> grad student and a new professor. I have such vivid memories of so many
>> things Jay did and said.
>>
>> Haunting (in both an eerie and a very sweet sense) that Jay died on the
>> very day when many are memorializing the contributions of Ken Goodman.
>> Although Jay and Ken help what many of us thought were diametrically
>> opposing views of early reading development and pedagogy, the two shared an
>> alma mater (both got their doctorates at UCLA) and an abiding respect for
>> the contributions of the other to the study of reading processes and
>> pedagogies.
>>
>> David
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>> *University of Arizona, College of Education*
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>>
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>> * Jean Piaget*
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>> Evelyn Lois Corey *Emeritus* Professor of Instructional Science
>> Graduate School of Education
>> University of California, Berkeley
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>> Evelyn Lois Corey *Emeritus* Professor of Instructional Science
>> Graduate School of Education
>> University of California, Berkeley
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> Graduate School of Education
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