[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Walter MacGinitie

[P Pearson]

Thanks, John.

An observation over the past year or so, during which time we have lost so
many colleagues.
It is so interesting to me that as we honor our colleagues with our
personal memories, it is matters of character and humanity that rise to the
surface.
Good for us!
Good for them!
Thank you all,
David


  P David Pearson 510 543 6508 ppearson at berkeley.edu

On Feb 18, 2021, at 2:23 AM, John Elkins <j.elkins at uq.edu.au> wrote:


Dear colleagues: I too am saddened at the passing of Walter. I had the
privilege of meeting him at the Sydney Conference of the Australian Reading
Association in 1978(?). His keynote was " 'Merican Methods Madness." He and
Ruth stayed in our house in Brisbane while we were away travelling, and
Denise and I enjoyed visiting Friday Harbor on a few occasions. Walter had
a tinnie which he launched down a rocky cliff and took me to see orcas and
eagles.
He was a delightful gentleman and a great advocate for international
literacy.
John Elkins.
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Donald <donald.leu at uconn.edu>
*Sent:* Thursday, 18 February 2021 6:53 AM
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*Subject:* [Reading-hall-of-fame] Walter MacGinitie

Sadly, I report that another member, Walter MacGinitie, has passed.  I
never knew Walter personally, only his important work, but word travels
among members of the environmental communities concerned about the San Juan
Islands of Washington. Walter lived on San Juan Island and he and his wife,
Ruth, hadgifted 13 acres of important land to the San Juan Preservation
Trust, an organization that my wife and I, as boaters who enjoy the
islands, contribute to.    A tribute recently appeared in the SJPT
newsletter:  https://sjpt.org/remembering-walter-macginitie/

Be well.

Don

—
Donald J. Leu, Ph.D.

"Every  one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it
is.  If it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes and
saddens. But if it is spent for others, it enriches and beautifies.”
  -- Geraldine  Ferraro.
     Acceptance speech at the 1984 Democratic Party National  Convention.






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