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<DIV><SPAN class=771003214-01032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Andy's
note this morning says it all and I thank you, Andy, for putting words to our
grief. We've been dumbstruck in a sense here at NIFL, which
I know you understand better than anyone, Andy. No words can
adequately express the empty place in the life of each of us who loved Susan and
whose life she so deeply touched. We've tried to put words to it, but
maybe that's the humor and ultimate irony: at least in this articulation,
it requires writing. It's expressing thoughts using the artistry of words,
and Susan did that for us better than anyone. Words are sacred
expressions and a reminder of the strength and joy that literacy gives
to life. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=771003214-01032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=771003214-01032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>We'll
have a time to remember Susan's life and memorialize her properly in the coming
weeks. But for now, we just hug and weep quietly and walk past her office and
weep again. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=771003214-01032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=771003214-01032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>For my
own part, I have felt a new strength through Susan's passing. We're
thankful that her pain is over. But we miss her so. It's almost as if she's here
and still shining with us, and saying "It's good, but let me look at it
and make some suggestions. I'll work on it with you and I'll get back with
you." And everything's better because of her help. Andy called
it "Susanizing" his writing. Her writing was a gift, yes, but she
also had the gift of helping make things better for all who knew
her--encouraging people to dream, to achieve their goals,
to have lofty ideals. To do justice, love mercy, walk humbly
with God. That's a gift that will last forever--at least, it will for
me. The literacy field has lost a champion and we at NIFL have lost a true
friend.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=771003214-01032002></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=771003214-01032002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Carolyn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=771003214-01032002> </SPAN></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> hartman
[mailto:hartman@thebell.org]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:59
PM<BR><B>To:</B> nla@lists.literacytent.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [NLA] (no
subject)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">At first, when I heard
the news of Susan’s death the other night, I only felt sadness.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">Then, I started
thinking about all the ways that she was a wonderful, lovely person.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Susan was a natural humorist, a healer
and consoler, a person with insight, a lover of all things Brazillian, and one
of the most gifted writers I have ever known.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She was a great friend.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Susan did not make you prove you were
a friend, she simply adopted you into her legion of friends and then you could
stay or leave.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Few left.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Her office at NIFL was a magnet for
people needing advice, consoling, friendship, or just a smile. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">Yesterday, I was
thinking more about Susan’s role in the national literacy movement and at the
NIFL.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Susan was very low key
about her role and fended off all attempts at recognition.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But she played a very important part
in the evolution of the field over the past fifteen years.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I first met Susan when she was
presented the Advancement of Literacy Award by the National Coalition for
Literacy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She had played an
important, if behind the scenes, part in turning Mrs. Bush’s interest in
literacy into a series of events and very public demonstrations of support
that were turning points in the late 80’s and early 90’s.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was not widely known, but Susan
played an important role in the creation of the National Literacy Act of
1991.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The NIFL would not have
provided the kind of support for Learning Disabilities without Susan’s
leadership on the issue.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hardly a
writen word went out of the place without having been edited, and improved, by
her.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Susan, along with Lynn
Reddy, wrote “From the Margins to the Mainstream.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That document reflects both her
writing prowess and vision for the field.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If the field of adult literacy had a
Hall of Fame, Susan should be a charter member.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">I am going to miss
Susan.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She was truly a unique and
special person.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you did not
know Susan or the role she played in our field’s development, believe me, we
will all miss her.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes">Andy
Hartman<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy; mso-no-proof: yes"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
nla-admin@lists.literacytent.org [mailto:nla-admin@lists.literacytent.org]
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of
</SPAN></B></SPAN></FONT><st1:PersonName><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Johnson,
Alice</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><st1:date Year="2002"
Day="28" Month="2"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Thursday, February 28,
2002</SPAN></FONT></st1:date><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><st1:time
Minute="42" Hour="12"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">12:42
PM</SPAN></FONT></st1:time><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
'nla@lists.literacytent.org'<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [NLA] (no
subject)</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">It is with profound sadness that we announce the
passing of Susan Green, writer and editor at the Institute and long-time
advocate for literacy, on February 25th. Susan's career included nearly
a decade at the National Institute for Literacy, 12 years with the Follow
Through early literacy program at the U.S. Department of Education, and
several years on the White House staff of First Lady Barbara Bush. Mrs.
Bush said of Susan: </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">"Susan Green was one of my mentors in literacy.
She was there with me in the beginning, when few people were really paying
attention to literacy. She was passionate about it, and would have
personally taught every single man, woman, and child in
</SPAN></FONT><st1:country-region><st1:place><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">America</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> how to read if she could have. She
was a dear friend, a warm and loving person. She will be missed by me and all
who knew her."</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A Susan Green Memorial Fund is being established to
benefit at VALUE (Voice of Adult Literacy United for Education). Susan
was a central and irreplaceable part of the National Institute for Literacy,
and is deeply missed. </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-- Staff of the National Institute for Literacy
</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>