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

[Greg Brooks]

Apologies - hadn't meant to send yet.
So Dick and I met at a History of Reading SIG session. I'd given a paper;
on 'The diagram-makers and their theories of reading, 1871-2021', including
showing several overhead transparencies (remember them?). Afterwards, Dick
told me that his 17th-century English namesake, Richard Hodges, had such a
diagram in one of his books - some day (it had better be soon or it won't
happen) I shall follow that up.
Best wishes to all


On Sun, 10 Apr 2022 at 14:03, Greg Brooks <g.brooks at sheffield.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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