Kathryn Wentzel Lumley
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Kathryn Wentzel Lumley | |
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| Born | c. 1918 United States |
| Died | July 18, 2008 Rauchtown, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation(s) | A founding director of Reading Is Fundamental and former chair of the Pennsylvania College of Technology board of trustees (1980s) |
| Known for | Eponym, Kathryn Wentzel Lumley Aviation Center |
Kathryn Wentzel Lumley (c. 1918 – July 18, 2008) was an American educator and children's book author during the twenty and twenty-first centuries. A founding director of Reading Is Fundamental, one of the largest literacy improvement movements in the United States,[1] she also chaired the board of trustees of the Williamsport Area Community College (now the Pennsylvania College of Technology) in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and became the eponym for the Kathryn Wentzel Lumley Aviation Center in Montoursville, Pennsylvania.[2]
Born circa 1918, Lumley was employed as a reading specialist and began writing books for children during the 1960s. In 1966, she served as the director of the Reading Clinic for the public school system in Washington, D.C. It was during this same period of her life that she became a co-founder of Reading Is Fundamental, a literacy improvement organization that has since become the oldest and largest children's literacy organization in the United States.[3]
In later life, she resided in Rauchtown, Pennsylvania during the 1970s[4] and in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania during the 1990s. During the early 2000s, she resided again in Rauchtown.[5]
