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

[JUDITH LANGER]

As others have said, Im overcome with sadness during a year when  so many of my intellectual progenitors have left us. I remember reading Frank’s  book Understanding Reading when it was hot off the press. He brought to words and concepts what I as doctoral student in the late 1970s was grappling with. What, from the reader’s persepective was the experience and what did it mean for teaching as well as learning?  
His work was seminal and my work was changed because of him.
Thank you, Frank.

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> On Jan 1, 2021, at 5:18 PM, Yetta Goodman <ygoodman at u.arizona.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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. 
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