[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Passing of Dick Hodges

Sat Apr 9 05:47:24 BST 2022

The rest of the IRA Pre-con story...  I am not sure whether it was 1970 or
1971. But it was definitely Anaheim.
I will never forget the line-up of presenters, mostly living footnotes that
I was meeting for the first time in my life.
Ken Goodman
Frank Smith (he was wearing dark glasses for his address--claimed a recent
eye operation)
Dick Venezky
Dick Hodges
Hugh Rudorf
Bob Ruddell
Jim Fleming
Constance McCullough (maybe--I met her that year, but maybe not at the
pre-con)
maybe H Alan Robinson (immediate connection because of first initial virus)

Among the audience members, along with me, was Becky Barr.
A student of Ken's--Paul David Allen? Immediate name connection.
Yetta, you must have been there, right.
And, I think, Bill Page.
Maybe Dorsey Hammond. .

Ended up late that night in a hotel bar with Frank Smith, Becky Barr, and
someone else (can't recall). How cool was that--in a bar? With Frank Smith
(in shades still), listening to Jazz! And wearing bell-bottom trousers!

That's all I can remember (or misremember as the case may be--reading the
past IS a constructive process).

Changed my life!

So I started out my professional relationship with Dick Hodges in a
life-changing experience. Forever grateful for his collegiality.

Please forgive the mostly male cast. It is no excuse, but it was the nature
of those times. We were blind.

David

On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 4:46 PM P David Pearson, Emeritus <
ppearson at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> I just received this from Dixie Massey. Dick was a wonderful scholar and
> individual.  I meant him when I was a BRAND NEW PhD at a preconvention
> institute at IRA in Anaheim (Disneyland) sponsored by the Psycholinguistics
> and Reading Committee of IRA in 1970 or 71.  More about that meeting later.
>
> Suffice it to say that one of my annual treats in attending meetings of
> that committee (and later RHf meetings, for which Dick was treasurer for
> what seemed like forever) was being able to say hello to Dick and Lois. One
> of sweetest and kindest and most empathetic individuals I have EVER met.
>
> I am seconding Dixie's suggestion that we add a new word to our working
> vocabulary in Dick's honor.
>
> David
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Massey, Dixie <masseyd at spu.edu>
> Date: Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 3:50 PM
> Subject: Passing of Dick Hodges
> To: Massey, Dixie <masseyd at spu.edu>
>
>
> Hi all,
> Here is the obituary for Dick Hodges:
>
>
> November 21, 1928 - February 4, 2021
>
> Mountlake Terrace, Washington - Richard E. Hodges, an emeritus professor
> at the University of Puget Sound, died peacefully at age 92 after years of
> declining health. Born in Los Angeles to Charles and Helen Hodges, Dick was
> an only child.
>
> Fresh out of high school, he served in the Army's 1st Cavalry Division in
> Occupied Japan. Upon discharge, Dick was hired as a copy boy at the L.A.
> Examiner, where his duties included running errands for William Randolph
> Hearst. Dick entered college on the GI Bill, first studying forestry, then
> switching to education. After earning joint degrees from Oregon College of
> Education and Oregon State, he worked as an elementary school teacher and
> principal near Salem. There he met and married Lois Sorensen. In 1962, the
> newlyweds moved to Menlo Park, CA and Dick undertook doctoral work at
> Stanford. Under the supervision of his mentor, Paul Hanna, and with Lois as
> a research assistant, Dick conducted one of the first computerized analyses
> of English sound/spelling patterns, a study that informs literacy
> instruction to this day.
>
> After earning his Ed.D. in 1964, Dick headed to the University of Chicago,
> where he was an Associate Professor of Education until 1975 when he joined
> the UPS faculty as Dean of the School of Education. He and Lois, with their
> two children, settled in Fircrest, where they would live for 37 years. At
> UPS, Dick helped establish the M.A.T. program while continuing to publish
> influential work in his field. With colleague Ted Harris, he edited The
> Literacy Dictionary: The Vocabulary of Reading and Writing for the
> International Literacy Association (ILA). Dick cherished his friends and
> colleagues at UPS and found great fulfillment in mentoring preservice
> teachers. Upon retirement in 1994, he was inducted into the ILA's Reading
> Hall of Fame.
>
> As retirees, Dick and Lois traveled extensively overseas and throughout
> the US, and Dick embarked on a passion project: researching the life and
> times of London schoolmaster Richard Hodges, author of The English Primrose
> (1644), one of the earliest guides to English spelling and punctuation.
>
> Dick will be sorely missed by his family and friends. A voracious reader
> and compulsive punster, he adored baseball, fly-fishing, British roadsters
> (when they were running), jazz, and vanilla ice cream. Above all, he loved
> his family. Our Dear Old Dad was a thoughtful listener who made a person
> feel like they'd be able to cope with difficulty, no matter what it was—and
> he kept us laughing to the end.
>
> Dick is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lois; daughter, Susan; son,
> Charles (Melanie); and grandchildren, Hayley Hodges and Jacob, Liz, and
> Colin Mallory. To honor Dick, add a new word to your vocabulary.
> Condolences can be sent to the Neptune Society, 4320 196th St. SW,
> Lynnwood, WA 98036.
>
> Published by News Tribune (Tacoma) on Feb. 14, 2021.
>
>
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> P. David Pearson
> Evelyn Lois Corey *Emeritus* Professor of Instructional Science
> Graduate School of Education
> University of California, Berkeley
>
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*“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life
in your years."**‑—Abraham Lincoln*
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P. David Pearson
Evelyn Lois Corey *Emeritus* Professor of Instructional Science
Graduate School of Education
University of California, Berkeley

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