Charlotte Schuchardt Read 1909-2002.Charlotte Schuchardt Read, who contributed an immeasurable wealth of insight and gentle direction to the world of general semantics, died in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. on July 25, 2002 at the age of 92. After an illness of many months, she passed away in her sleep. At the time of her death, Charlotte was Director Emerita e·mer·i·ta adj. Retired but retaining an honorary title corresponding to that held immediately before retirement. Used of a woman: a professor emerita. n. pl. and Trustee of the Institute of General Semantics The Institute of General Semantics is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1938 by Alfred Korzybski, located in Fort Worth, Texas. Its membership roles include members from 30 different countries. in Brooklyn, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . She was coeditor, with Professor Isabel Caro, of a volume on the use of general semantics orientations and formulations in psychology and psychotherapy, General Semantics in Psychotherapy: Selected Writings on Methods Aiding Therapy, (Institute of General Semantics, 2002). Charlotte was also devoted to the teaching and practice of sensory awareness, which she became involved with in the 1950s. She served as a director and president of the Sensory Awareness Foundation. Born in Belleville, Illinois in 1909, she later moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her family. Charlotte studied human anatomy and zoology at the University of Wisconsin. She earned a master's degree in modern dance from the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
n. A specialist in semantics. Noun 1. semanticist - a specialist in the study of meaning semiotician linguist, linguistic scientist - a specialist in linguistics . She remained in New York from 1953 and worked creatively as Director of the Institute of General Semantics, Editor-in-Chief of the General Semantics Bulletin and Literary Executrix executrix (pl. executrices) n. Latin for female executor. However, the term executor is now unisex. EXECUTRIX, A woman who has been appointed by. will to execute such will or testament. See Executor. of the Alfred Korzybski Estate. She contributed articles and papers of a methodological and historical nature to journals and at conferences throughout the United States and Europe. Two generations of general semantics scholars were fostered by Charlotte, many of whom are now active as writers, administrators and teachers in the U.S. and abroad, including several in Japan, Australia and Poland. Charlotte was remarkable in her ability to utilize her intelligence, wit, and grit to work in conjunction with her male counterparts on equal footing. When not directing her energy in the area of general semantics, she pursued her love of nature by hiking with Allen and gardening at her home in Lime Rock, Connecticut. A "celebration of life," with "music, food, and joyful stories," in accordance with Charlotte's wishes, took place on Sunday, September 15, 2002, at the Alfred Lerner Hall Alfred Lerner Hall is the student center or students' union of Columbia University. It is named for Al Lerner, who financed its construction. Situated on the university's historic Morningside Heights campus in New York City, the building, designed by deconstructivist architect , Columbia University in New York City. Charlotte is survived by her husband and her nieces, Carol Schuchardt Kucker of Oviedo, Florida, and Diana Schuchardt Scheelk of Shorewood, Wisconsin. |
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