[Reading-hall-of-fame] Message from P David

[Heather Bell]

Kia ora tatou

Greetings from the Southern Hemisphere

In New Zealand we have a saying  - *Kua hinga te totara i Te Waonui a Tane
- *amighty totara has fallen.  A totara is a massive, strong native tree
used to carve large waka (canoes) and build houses.  It symbolises the loss
of a cherished leader of high status.

Thank you, David, for your superb contributions to literacy worldwide - you
have been a mighty totara.

Arohanui
Heather Bell

On Tue, Sep 1, 2026 at 3:50 AM Gadsden, Vivian Lynette <viviang at upenn.edu>
wrote:

> Kris—
>
> Thank you for letting us know.  A fine colleague and person and an
> extraordinary leader in our field.
>
> Vivian
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> *From:* Reading-hall-of-fame <
> reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> on behalf of Kris D
> Gutierrez <gutierrkd at berkeley.edu>
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 30, 2026 9:50 PM
> *To:* Colin Harrison <colin.harrison at nottingham.ac.uk>
> *Cc:* reading hall of fame <reading-hall-of-fame at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
> *Subject:* Re: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Message from P David
>
> Colleagues,
>
> Our esteemed colleague, mentor and beloved friend, David Pearson, passed
> away this morning after battling cancer.  More details to follow.
>
> Many of us, indeed the field, are so indebted to David for his
> transformational work and leadership in reading.   And many of us will have
> many stories to share about how he made our lives and scholarship so much
> better.  His work was always oriented toward social good and his openness
> and generosity made him an invaluable colleague, dean, and friend.  I am so
> proud that he was a mentor since I was an undergraduate.   Here's to you,
> David.
>
> Kris
>
>
> Kris D. Gutiérrez
> Distinguished Professor & Carol Liu Chair
> Berkeley School of Education
> University of California, Berkeley
> 2121 Berkeley Way
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/2121+Berkeley+Way+%0D%0ABerkeley,+Ca+94720-1670?entry=gmail&source=g>
> Berkeley, Ca 94720-1670
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> gutierrkd at berkeley.edu
> Member, National Academy of Education
> Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
> Fellow, British Academy
> Fellow, ISLS and AERA
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 12:18 AM Colin Harrison <
> colin.harrison at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone
>
> David has asked me to post this:
>
> Family, Friends, Neighbors, and Colleagues
>
>
> Here's the latest update on my plan to share updates about my cancer.
>
>
> I am keeping a journal that I’d like to share with folks who want to
> follow my progress in dealing with muscle-invasive bladder cancer. I will
> post the journal on a website that anyone who has the link can go back to
> at any time to check on the latest developments. The link will stay the
> same, but the journal will grow as I add entries. It will chronicle the
> development, treatment, and sense I am making of this encounter with
> bladder cancer.
>
>
> The primary audience for the journal is me. I want to document the
> experience as a way of confronting and understanding it.  The secondary
> audience is the collection of family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues
> who might like to be kept abreast of the journey.  I have no desire to
> impose these updates on those who have no desire to receive them. And I am
> hoping this approach will minimize their email burden.
>
>
> Two ways to participate:
>
>    1. If you click this link
>    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WExiReaEeym98Fx4AmITmx-wPgXM1fmw1Fqp68Z6vxY/edit?tab=t.0*heading=h.ywsqwxsn37m8__;Iw!!IBzWLUs!SircrWecwWAjyazXIBsj5syKL38Vf9wNapRI6bjj5fSp321Rz1Yiv2evZftyMSOPz__fjiBZkzTcdirZw6d8Zr5M$>,
>    it will take you directly to “pdavidpearson’s Bladder Cancer Journal.”  You
>    can bookmark and return to that link at any time to find the most recent
>    version of the Journal, with new additions added regularly.
>    2. Additionally, if you give me your permission, by responding with an
>    affirmative email to ppearson at berkeley.edu, I’ll add you to a list of
>    folks to whom I will send a simple reminder when I have added newsworthy
>    developments or reflections. Just tell me that you would like to be added
>    to the notification list.
>
> The Journal can be read by any person who has email, a web browser, and
> the link.  You won't need a special word processing app or a google account
> or even Adobe reader.
>
>
> If you got this far, thanks for reading. Hope you sign on to the journey.
>
>
> David
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