[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Dolores Durkin

[P Pearson]

Great story, Ray!  I am SO happy to know that she was a mentor to you.  She
no doubt recognized your fundamental commitment to rigorous scholarship
about pedagogy.  As for the dalliance with whole language, I would have
called what you did a commitment to student-centered pedagogy,  much of
which shared a common commitment to principles of whole language.

pdp


On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 6:20 PM Douglas Ray Reutzel <Ray.Reutzel at uwyo.edu>
wrote:

> Norm,
>
> I was away on a wilderness adventure floating 89 miles of river rapids
> with my family.  The only communication available was a satellite phone and
> air lifts if we got into trouble.  I'll have to tell you the story of my
> encounter with a bear!  I will miss Dolores Durkin terribly.  She was a
> good friend, a mentor, and a superb scholar.  Her work was timely,
> applicable, and insightful.  She conducted her research meticulously and
> expected the same from her colleagues in reading.  I have a file folder
> about 2 inches thick of letters between to the two of us over the years.
> She was ever so disappointed in my dabbling in whole language in my early
> career.  She chastised me quite often over it as she expected our work to
> evidence based and it was mainly theoretical at that point.  I will miss
> her very much.  I was only 29 years old when Dolores and I first started
> our friendship right after I had finished my Ph.D.
>
> Best,
>
> Ray
>
> ------------------------------
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> *Subject:* Dolores Durkin
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> Dolores Durkin, Professor Emeritus of Education from the Department of
> Elementary and Early Childhood Education of the University of Illinois,
> Champaign-Urbana, passed away on Monday, July 6, 2020.  She was known for
> her books including *Children Who Read Early*, *Teaching Young Children
> to Read, Teaching Them to Read, *and her landmark research “What
> classroom observations reveal about comprehension instruction” in volume 14
> of *Reading Research Quarterly*among many other articles, chapters,
> tests, technical reports, and books.
>
> Her obituary can be found at [
> https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicagotribune/obituary.aspx?n=mary-dolores-durkin&pid=196469249
> ].
>
> Dr. Durkin’s homepage as a member of the Reading Hall of Fame is [
> https://www.readinghalloffame.org/dolores_durkin].
>
> Condolences can be sent to her niece.
> Mary Ann Savage
> 4815 Creek Drive
> Western Springs, IL 60558
>
> Dolores expressed wishes that any donations or contributions in her honor
> be made to Catholic Charities of Chicago.
>
>
> Norman Stahl
> flowercjs at aol.com
> https://www.readinghalloffame.org/node/658
>


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