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

[Diane Lapp]

Beautifully said David.

Diane


> On Feb 18, 2021, at 7:25 AM, P Pearson <ppearson at berkeley.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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>   P David Pearson 510 543 6508 ppearson at berkeley.edu <mailto:ppearson at berkeley.edu>
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>> On Feb 18, 2021, at 2:23 AM, John Elkins <j.elkins at uq.edu.au <mailto:j.elkins at uq.edu.au>> wrote:
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>> 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.
>> From: reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk <mailto:reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> <reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk <mailto:reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>> on behalf of Leu, Donald <donald.leu at uconn.edu <mailto: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/ <https://sjpt.org/remembering-walter-macginitie/>
>> 
>> Be well. 
>> 
>> Don
>> 
>> —
>> Donald J. Leu, Ph.D. 
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>> "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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