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Dr. John F. O'Donnell, retired in June 1996 after twenty-seven years
service to Millersville University in the English Department; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served as a dedicated and exemplary chair of the English
Department for nine years; |
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Dr. O'Donnell always demonstrated high professional standards in
guiding both faculty and students; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served as an academic advisor to hundreds of students at
both the graduate and undergraduate levels; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served on numerous standing committees within the
department, including the stressful and time-consuming Evaluation
Committee; |
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Dr. O'Donnell has been dedicated to improvement of all areas of
English Education; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served on two time-consuming search committees for
English Education; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served as advisor and mentor to all Secondary Education
English majors; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served as a consultant in curriculum and staff
development throughout Pennsylvania; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served as a consultant for the Advanced Placement
Program of the College Board and the Educational Testing Service in
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia for twenty
years; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served as a workshop leader for the Pennsylvania
Department of Education Curriculum Conference for two years; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served eight years as a consultant and workshop leader
for the Pennsylvania Communication and Reading Plan; |
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Dr. O'Donnell conducted numerous workshops related to curriculum and
instruction in English, especially in the areas of process writing,
responding to literature and integrating reading, writing, listening and
speaking; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served on the Lancaster-Lebanon Writing
Councill--including serving five years as a member of the Council's
Executive Committee--Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English, National
Council of Teachers of English, Conference on English Education, and
National Commission on Middle Grades English Language Arts Education; |
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Dr. O'Donnell delivered numerous presentations on establishing and
maintaining Advanced Placement Programs for high schools throughout the
northeast; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served on the Pennsylvania Honors Program Committee to
develop standards and examinations for the Pennsylvania Honors Diploma and
Pennsylvania Honors Scholarships for three years; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served on the Pennsylvania Department of Education
Reading Assessment Advisory Committee for five years; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served three years as a member of the National Committee
on In-Service Education and Supervision for the Conference on English
Education of the National Council of Teachers of English; |
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Dr. O'Donnell has served four years as a member of the National
Commission on Middle Grades English Langage Arts Education Council; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served five years as a member of the Executive Committee
of the Lancaster-Lebanon Writing; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served as a member of APSCUF Negotiations Committee for
four years; |
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Dr. O'Donnell has served on the Board of the First Stage Theater of
Lancaster for two years; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served four years as a member of the Hempfield School
Board, chairing three of its major committees; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served eleven years as Final Judge for the
Newspaper-in-Education Week Contest, a program designated to stimulate and
improve writing of students, K-12; |
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Dr. O'Donnell served on the Middle School Steering Committee of the
Hempfield School District for five years; |
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Dr.O'Donnell served eight years as consultant and workshop leader for
the Pennsylvania Comjmunication and Reading Plan; |