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

[Richard Anderson]

I first met Walter MacGinitie in the late 1950s at a conference for
graduate students held at Northwestern. He represented Teachers College. I
represented Harvard. Another person I got to know at the conference was
Gordon Bower, then a grad student at Yale. My first job was at New York
University. We saw Walter and Ruth a couple of times in New York and I saw
him at conferences in subsequent years. With the passing of Walter and
other giants in the field, it seems we are at the end of an era. Or maybe
just the end of my era.

Dick

Richard C Anderson
University Scholar and Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois
Member, National Academy of Education


On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:53 PM Leu, Donald <donald.leu at uconn.edu> wrote:

> 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sjpt.org/remembering-walter-macginitie/__;!!DZ3fjg!uaQMx0MjECCG-H9dbMd8mJz9YP89SfkKyjksfaPQBvoVAsBA_a_1YG6sVnuNLOFe$>
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> Be well.
>
> Don
>
> —
> Donald J. Leu, Ph.D.
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> 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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