In
Memoriam
Linda Morice shares the following:
We have received the sad news that Von Pittman died December 3,
2019, at age 74. He was President of ISEB, a member of the Vitae
Scholasticae Editorial Advisory Board, and a contributor to the
journal. In 2011 Von received the Elizabeth Powell Award for his
VS article titled, "Correspondence Study and the Crime of the
Century: Helen Williams, Nathan Leopold, and the Stateville
Correspondence School." The award, given by the University
Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA),
recognizes the year's best publication on distance learning. Von
and his wife Joyce lived in Columbia, Missouri, where he
previously served as Director of Distance and Independent Study
at the University of Missouri.
Long time ISEB member Professor Emeritus Lou Smith passed away
at the end of January, 2020. He was often presenter at ISEB
meetings and a frequent contributor to Vitae Scholasticae. He
was Professor Emeritus at Washington University in St. Louis and
the author of the "Biographical Method" chapter in Denzin and
Lincoln's Handbook of Qualitative Research (1994). The
University of South Carolina Museum of Education selected Smith
and Geoffrey's The Complexities of an Urban Classroom (1968) as
a "Book of the Century." Lou was 90 at the time of his death.
If you wish to remember Von or Lou and their contribution to
ISEB, consider making a donation or providing a graduate student
scholarship to the this year's conference.