CFLEs in the News, Winter 2014

Jean Illsley Clarke, CFLE, receives an honorary doctorate from U of MN

The University of Minnesota has awarded CFLE Jean Illsley Clarke with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in recognition for her tremendous contribution to parenting education. Jean is the author of multiple books including Self-Esteem: A Family Affair; Growing up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children; How Much is Enough?; and the newly released How Much is Too Much? Her Nurture/Structure Highway is etched on the Wall of Discovery along the Scholars Walk on the Twin Cities campus. Her distinguished career has focused on ways to help parents raise likable, self-sufficient, and respectful children.

Stephan A. Anderson awarded CFLE Emeritus status

Stephen A. Anderson, Ph.D., CFLE, has been awarded CFLE Emeritus status in recognition of his involvement in higher education and the Center for Applied Research in Human Development. Through the center, Dr. Anderson has been involved in evaluations of Connecticut afterschool programs, police-youth interaction programs, neighborhood youth centers, delinquency prevention programs, and teen pregnancy prevention initiatives. In addition, he co-authored a textbook on family interaction over the lifespan. Emeritus status is status awarded to a small number of retired CFLEs who have made significant contributions to the field of family life education. Emeritus status recognizes a continued commitment to the field and life-time affiliation with the CFLE program. Stephen joins a distinguished list of 28 other Emeritus CFLEs!

For information on the Emeritus application process and a list of other CFLEs with Emeritus status, visit our Emeritus webpage.

Your Emeritus CFLE colleagues are:

Ada Alden - Plymouth, MN
Jean Alessi - St. Louis, MO
Stephen A. Anderson - Storrs Mansfield, CT
Virginia Anderson - Beaumont, TX - Deceased
Margaret Arcus - Vancouver, BC – Canada
Sarah Brabant - Lafayette, LA
Beverly Johnson Biehr - Valparaiso, IN - Deceased
Carol Brice - Fairbanks, AK
Mary Jo Czaplewski - Fridley, MN
J. Kenneth Davidson, Sr. - Round Rock, TX - Deceased
Barry Ginsberg - New Britain, PA
Maxine Hammonds-Smith – Houston, TX - Deceased
Shirley MH Hanson - Portland, OR
Gladys J. Hildreth - Denton, TX
Robert E. Keim - Clinton, TN
Rev. John Frederick Lehr - Severna Park, MD
Julia Malia – Knoxville, TN
Juanita Mendenhall - Ridgeway, SC
Nelwyn B. Moore - San Marcos, TX
Judy Myers-Walls – West Lafayette, IN
Bud Ozar - Kenya, Africa
Kathryn K. Rettig – Maplewood, MN
Carol Rubino - Winter Garden, FL
Joy F. Segal - Chicago, IL
Laura Smart - DeKalb, IL
Robert F. Stahmann - Provo, UT
Ouida Westney - Highland, MD
Britton Wood - Fort Worth, TX
Richard C. Worden - Medicine Hat, Canada