Ruth Johnson Colvin
Literacy Advocate
Writer
Teacher
Philanthropist
December
16, 1916 – August 18, 2024
Credits:
Founder of the
non-profit organization Literacy Volunteers of America / renamed ProLiteracy
Worldwide.
Awarded the Volunteer
Action Award by President Ronald Reagan in 1987,
and the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 2006 by President George W. Bush.
Books and educational videos:
Basic
Reading Workshop (video); English as a Second Language Tutor Training Workshop;
Great Traveling After 55 (1989); How to Add Family Literacy to Your Program; I
Speak English (1962); LVA Works: A Guide to Workplace Education; Maintaining
the Balance: A Guide to 50/50 Management; My Travels Through Life, Love, and
Literacy: A Memoir (2020); Off the Beaten Path: Stories of People Around the
World (2011); Reading to Children (video); Student Involvement Guidelines; Tutor
(1962); Tutoring Small Groups Handbook.
