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Anita Picker
Ellen, Mr. Schuster was born in 1930. Your question prompted me to use my other brain, Google, to search for him and it is with great sadness I post his obituary.
DR. EDGAR H., died Wednesday, July 27, 2011, at his home in Melrose Park. Ed was an author, editor, educator and beloved husband, father, and grandfather. He is survived by his children Claire, Bill and his wife Francie and Nina Allred and her husband Charlie; his grandchildren, Gerald, Justin, Nicholas, Whitney, Corey and Laurel, and his brother Don. Born April 7, 1930, he grew up in Philadelphia and attended Frankford High School where he excelled in academics and track. He received his under-graduate degree in English from Columbia University. In 1951, he married Mary Jane Moos who later died in a car accident. He earned an MA at Temple Univ. where he met and married the love of his life, Nancy Pence. He earned a PhD in English Education from University of Pennsylvania in 1973. Ed received a Master Teacher Award from Harvard Graduate School of Education (1960) as an English teacher at Cheltenham H.S. and the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching (1969) as a professor at Beaver College (Arcadia University). He later taught at Temple, Lehigh and Penn State Universities and served as Curriculum Coordinator for the Allentown and Neshaminy School Districts. As an author, he wrote many textbooks for teachers and students. His latest book, Breaking the Rules: Liberating Writers through Innovative Grammar Instruction, is in its seventh printing. His articles on writing and teaching have appeared in English Journal, Education Week, and Phi Delta Kappan. Ed was a strong supporter of the arts, a nature lover, a sports enthusiast and a Bridge Bronze Life Master and Certified Bridge Teacher. He was a Sponsor Patron of the Metropolitan Opera and a member of the Concertmaster Circle of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He will be remem-bered most as a gifted natural teacher and for his intellect and indomitable spirit. A Memorial Service will be held 3 P.M., Sunday, September 11th, Abington Friends Meeting House, Jenkintown PA. Charitable contributions in his name can be made to the Black Rock Forest Consortium, 129 Continental Rd, Cornwall NY 12518 - will be used to support environmental education.
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