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

[Greg Brooks]

Friends
Here's my tiny reminiscence of Dick.
We only met once, at an IRA Convention in New Orleans. (1984?)

On Sat, 9 Apr 2022 at 05:47, P David Pearson, Emeritus <
ppearson at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> 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
>
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> 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.
>>
>>
>> --
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>> *“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the
>> life in your years."**‑—Abraham Lincoln*
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 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*
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> P. David Pearson
> Evelyn Lois Corey *Emeritus* Professor of Instructional Science
> Graduate School of Education
> University of California, Berkeley
>
> email:  ppearson at berkeley.edu
> other e-mail:  pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com
> website for publications:  www.pdavidpearson.org
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