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March 29-30, 2007 The 38th Annual Wisconsin Technology Education Association Spring Conference will be held at Chula Vista Resort in Wisconsin Dells and will feature a convention and trade show. This year’s theme is “Technology & Engineering: Forging A New Future.” Keynote speakers will be Mark Lee (former NASA astronaut) and Dr. James Bensen, President Emeritus, Bemidji State University. For more information visit www. wtea-wis.org/. April 6, 2007 The Annual USM/ TEAM Spring Conference will take place at the John Mitchell Center, University of Southern Maine, Gorham Campus. Contact this year’s organizers, Dr. Robert Nannay at nannay@usm. maine.edu or Mark Dissell at mdissell@ fps.k12.me.us, for information. June 21-27, 2007 The PATT-18: Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Technology, International Design and Technology Education Conference, “Teaching and Learning Technological Literacy in the Classroom,” will be held in Glasgow, Scotland. For further information about the conference or presentation opportunities, contact the Conference Director, John Dakers at jdakers@ educ.gla.ac.uk. Completed papers (2,500–3,000 words) must be emailed to the above address no later than the November 30, 2006. June 24-28, 2007 The 29 th Annual National TSA Conference, TSA, Breaking Down the Boundaries, will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN. The conference will feature high school and middle school competitive events, a one-day Education Fair, and the DuPont Leadership Academy. Visit www. tsaweb.org/content.aspcontentid=407 for complete information. Or contact Donna Andrews, TSA Conference Manager, Technology Student Association at 703/860-9000 (ex. 15) or dandrews@tsaweb.org. List your State/Province Association Conference in TTT and TrendScout (ITEA’s electronic newsletter). Submit conference title, date(s), location, and contact information (at least two months prior to journal publication date) to kcluff@iteaconnect.org. • The Technology Teacher • December/January 2007
You & ITEA to 1965, and at The Ohio State University from 1965 until his retirement in 1984, where he was Professor and Chair of Industrial Technology and Education for 21 years. Passing One of the twentieth century technology education leaders who initiated and created innovative curriculum that helped to transform industrial arts into technology education, Donald Gregory Lux, born February 21, 1924, died on September 27, 2006. He left his childhood town of Claremont, Minnesota to join the Navy in 1943 where he served honorably in the Pacific Theater of WWII. After the war, he remained in the Naval Reserves for 30 years, retiring with the rank of Captain. Don married Harriet “Pete” Harmer in 1945. They have two sons, Michael and Gregory, a daughter, Kathleen, and four grandchildren. He earned his Bachelors (1949) and Masters (1952) at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and Doctorate (1955) at The Ohio State University. He taught industrial arts in Louisville, Kentucky from 1949 to 1952, at The Ohio State University from 1952 to 1954, at the University of Illinois from 1954 During the course of his professional career he was the major advisor for 45 doctoral students, published over 30 articles in ten journals (including The Technology Teacher and its predecessors), served in administrative capacities such as department chair and assistant dean, served as a consultant, received many national honors for his outstanding contributions to his profession, and worked with the largest federal grant at the time, The Industrial Arts Curriculum Project, to reform industrial arts curriculum. As a result of his curriculum work and grant funding, he was the coauthor of World of Construction and World of Manufacturing, middle school textbooks that introduced to technology educators the reorganization of the subject matter into manufacturing and construction. He was a consultant on international projects in India, Iran, and South Korea and served as a visiting professor at Chungnam University in South Korea and Colorado State University. He held both the Epsilon Pi Tau Laureate and Distinguished Service citations, is a Fellow of the Academy of Technology Education, a Distinguished Graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stout, and a member of The Ohio State University College of Education Hall of Fame. Don Lux should be remembered by technology educators as one of a powerful group of technology education leaders who, beginning in the 1950s, initiated the transformation of industrial arts into technology education through their spirited debate, which led to creating and testing “innovative” curriculum in the schools, and by publicizing the results of their curriculum development and research. • The Technology Teacher • December/January 2007
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