Reading Hall of Fame Award for Henrietta Dombey

The School of Education would like to congratulate Henrietta Dombey, Professor Emeritus of Literacy in Primary Education, who has recently been inducted as a member of the Reading Hall of Fame.

Established in 1973, the group is formed of collective members whose purpose is to contribute to further improvement in reading such as:

• presenting co-sponsored meetings at the annual meetings of related organizations;

• disseminating the information from the papers presented in such meetings through ERIC and/or publications of related organizations;

• indicating needed research, and trends of the past that hold promise for the future;

• facing current issues in reading, and discussing them in open forum suggesting possible solutions.

Current members nominate candidates each year who fit the criteria for being actively involved in work in reading for a minimum of 25 years and have a widely known reputation and respect within the profession.

Those nominated are also expected to have contributed within areas such as authorship of publications on reading, including reports of significant research; performance in positions of responsibility in the field of reading; and preparation of leaders in the reading field through his/her teaching.

Henrietta was presented of the award this July, in Boston by Rita Bean, President of the Hall of Fame.

Find out more about the Reading Hall of Fame