[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: [EXT] Re: Frank Smith

Yetta Goodman ygoodman at u.arizona.edu
Fri Jan 1 22:17:52 GMT 2021


Dear Friends
I just  called  Mary, Frank's wife  to  give her my condolences.  We have
known each other for some time now and we visited her and Frank a few years
ago.
She has family support nearby.  She and Frank had been married for 60
years. Frank had not been well.
Although the family was not surprised, the reality is not easy to face.
 Ken and Frank were a year apart in age and good friends always.
A sad day but such a legacy to help understand the power of literacy.
  Yetta

<https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thegazette/obituary.aspx?n=frank-smith&pid=197070256&fhid=13645>

On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 1:54 PM Donna E Alvermann <dalverma at uga.edu> wrote:

> *External Email*
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> Like Diane, I am saddened by the news of Frank Smith’s passing. His *Understanding
> Reading *was the first book I remember being assigned as a new doctoral
> student in 1977 at Syracuse University. I’m not sure which of my professors
> assigned the book (possibly Bill Sheldon, Margaret Early, or Hal Herber). I
> do recall each of them mentioning Frank Smith a lot and that impressed me
> because Bill, Margaret, and Hal were known to have spirited office
> discussions that doctoral students housed not that far away could pick up
> on (much to our delight and learning, of course).
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> A copy of David Olson’s remarkable remembrances of Frank Smith will find
> its way to the inside cover of *Understanding Reading* in my home
> library.
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> May the new year go easier on all the remaining icons in the field of
> literacy.
>
>
>
> Donna Alvermann
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> *From: *<reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> on behalf
> of Diane Lapp <lapp at sdsu.edu>
> *Date: *Friday, January 1, 2021 at 2:44 PM
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> *Subject: *[Reading-hall-of-fame] Frank Smith
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> Happy New Year Everyone.
>
> I am sad to share a message I received from David Olson regarding the
> recent death of Frank Smith. I have attached it below. Another great loss
> to the field of literacy.
>
> Warmest regards,
> Diane Lapp
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