[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: [EXT] Re: I just got this message this instant
P Pearson
ppearson at berkeley.edu
Wed Dec 16 19:38:34 GMT 2020
Wonderful remembrance, Jim!!!
pdp
On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 11:16 AM Baumann, James F. <baumannj at missouri.edu>
wrote:
> I, like so many of us, was influenced by Jay’s professional work. Not to
> pigeon-hole him, but the LaBerge and Samuels automaticity work was
> especially significant. I remember reading their Cognitive Psychology
> (1974) piece while a doc student at Wisconsin in the late 70s, and being
> influenced later by Jay’s 1979 The Reading Teacher applied piece on
> repeated reading in subsequent teaching and working with kids. His RT piece
> was a mainstay reading when teaching assessment/corrective/remedial reading
> classes while serving as Purdue Reading Clinic director for much of the
> 80s, and grad assistants and I taught and modeled a variety of repeated
> reading and other fluency activities based on Jay’s concepts when preparing
> tutors to work with clinic clients. The combination of cognitive and
> affective benefits from achieving automaticity contributed significantly to
> children’s reading growth through the clinic. Later, Jay contributed a
> chapter on writing for research-oriented journals to an IRA book Dale
> Johnson and I edited on writing for publication in the literacy field, and
> it was a pleasure to work him on it. Drawing from his own research and
> stewardship of RRQ while editing it with David Pearson, Jay’s chapter was
> useful in guiding my subsequent doc students toward academic research
> writing. Ken, Dorothy, Dolores, Lee, and now Jay (and others I may have
> forgotten?)—we’ve lost too many wondrous scholars recently.
>
> James F Baumann
> Chancellor’s Chair for Excellence in Literacy Education, Emeritus
> University of Missouri
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 16, 2020, at 1:09 PM, P Pearson <ppearson at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
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> 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.
>>
>>
>> *Elfrieda (Freddy) H. Hiebert President/CEO, TextProject Find
>> me on Google Scholar,
>> <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=2AID3EsAAAAJ&hl=en> TextProject
>> <http://textproject.org/>, and Academia.
>> <https://independent.academia.edu/ElfriedaHiebert>*
>>
>> *New blog: medium.com/@wordfindings <https://medium.com/@wordfindings>*
>>
>> *Get a free chapter here.
>> <http://textproject.org/library/text-matters/recycling-and-remixing/>
>> Order the book here.
>> <https://www.tcpress.com/teaching-words-and-how-they-work-9780807763179>*
>>
>> <Teaching-word-cover.jpg>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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>>>
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>>> *inventing it. On the other hand, that which we allow **him/her **to*
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>>> * Jean Piaget*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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