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Kay Pasley posted a condolence
Friday, January 15, 2016
I extend my appreciation to all that Alan contributed to the field of family studies over his outstanding career. Along with his family, his friends and colleagues will miss him greatly. I am especially indebted to him for his gifts as an editor and providing leadership for the field.
Dr. Kay Pasley, Professor Emerita, Florida State University
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Cathy Surra posted a condolence
Friday, January 15, 2016
Alan was a wonderful mentor, colleague, supporter, and community member. I will miss him greatly, for his scholarship and his kind manner. My sympathy to his family and the family studies and sociology communities.
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Aryn Dotterer posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Our sincere condolences to Alan’s family during this time of grief. We were fortunate to have learned from Alan in various capacities such as his graduate seminars and involvement on the Penn State Family Relationships Project. We were lucky to have shared in his knowledge and wisdom which have shaped our own scholarship.
Sincerely, Aryn Dotterer & Shawn Whiteman
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Heather Helms posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
My deepest sympathies to Alan's family who so generously shared him with us. I was a PSU grad student in HDFS when I first met Alan. I consider myself fortunate to have been mentored by Alan who served as a member of my dissertation committee. I will remember Alan as consistently kind, calm, reassuring, warm, genuine, creative, generative, and funny. I will miss him and am grateful for his kindness, wisdom, and humor.
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Larry Ganong posted a condolence
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
I met Alan when I was a relatively young scholar. I remember how kind he was to me, and how genuine. I benefited from reading his scholarship over the years, and always considered him a role model and friend. He was a good man that I will miss.
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John Ochoa posted a condolence
Thursday, January 7, 2016
My deepest sympathy to Susan Welch and her family in this difficult time.
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Amanda Richardson posted a condolence
Monday, January 4, 2016
I was never able to meet Dr. Booth, however his reputation, work, and legacy made a lasting, continued impact on the institution that employed me for many years (the Bureau of Sociological Research). His professional contributions were greatly appreciated and will continue to have a lasting impact.
My sincere condolences to the Booth family.
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Darrell M Scattergood posted a condolence
Sunday, January 3, 2016
I am probably Alan's oldest friend and during our youth, his best friend. We lived across the street from one another and played endless hours and walked to and from school for over ten years and shared secrets and sorrows and many pleasures together - our first time smoking, first time drinking, TAing a high school chemistry course, double dating and so on. Our lives separated when my parents sent me off to another school and our lives expanded and new interests and locations displaced our intimacy.
Nevertheless, his loss is heart-wrenching to me and I am certain that it is as well to those who have filled his life since those early days. My heart goes out to them - you - and hope that you will treasure what you have gained from your association with Alan eventually drowns the current sadness.
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Jill Suitor posted a condolence
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Alan was one of the kindest and most generative scholars I have known. Although we were never in the same department, I always considered him one of my mentors, and he played an important role in my career. I will miss him.
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Gretchen Cornwell posted a condolence
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Dear Susan and Family,
I was very sorry to read of Alan's passing. He was a great sociologist and a good colleague. In addition, he was a very nice person.
Gretchen Cornwell
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murry nelson posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Dear Susan and family,
Elizabeth and I offer our most sincere condolences at your loss. We always enjoyed meeting and talking to Alan at "official" Penn State get-togethers of Senate or college business. He led a rich life and I am sure that you will miss him greatly.
Best regards,
Murry and Elizabeth Nelson
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Rhonda Decker posted a condolence
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Dean Welch,
You are in my thoughts and prayers. May your loving memories bring you strength, comfort, and peace.
My deepest condolences,
Rhonda Decker
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Monday, December 28, 2015
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Jean Camberg posted a condolence
Monday, December 28, 2015
I had the privilege of knowing Dr. Booth as a professor during my doctoral studies. He was a member of my dissertation committee until his health prevented him from continuing. He was very kind and supportive of my work, and very encouraging. I was an older student with a lengthy career in social work, and at the end of my course with him he wrote a note on my final paper that it was great to have a person with my experience in the class, as not only the other students benefited, so did he. Please accept my sincere sympathies. There will be only one Alan.
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Dean and Jan Snow posted a condolence
Monday, December 28, 2015
We are very saddened to read that Alan has died. The last months have been very difficult for him and for Susan. Our sympathies and best wishes go out to her and the rest of Alan's family.
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Catherine Cohan posted a condolence
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Alan will be greatly missed. I am grateful for his generous mentoring and his friendship. I was always impressed by his intellectual curiosity and devotion to family science. I feel lucky to have known him.
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Rich Carlson posted a condolence
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Susan,
My deepest sympathy to you and your family. I'm so sorry to read about this.
Very best wishes,
Rich
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Robin M. Robinson posted a condolence
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Dear Dean Welch,
I was so sorry to hear of your husband's passing. My thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time.
Robin M. Robinson
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Roy and Glynis Austin posted a condolence
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Susan & Andy,
Please accept our deepest condolences concerning the passing of your husband/dad. On Christmas day, Jacintha Bronte Tinkew called and we asked if she had been in touch with Alan recently because we had not seen him at Wegman's as we had come to expect. Today's Obituary page in the CDT supplied the surprising answer.
Alan, undoubtedly, provided outstanding service to the Sociology Department and to the many individual students who worked closely with him. Yet he found the time to devote many hours in paternal devotion to meeting Andy's recreational and other needs. May he proceed without delay to that place of eternal peace and happiness above prepared for us to await the arrival of loved ones we leave to mourn our passing.
We feel blessed to have had the opportunity to share some pleasant times with him.
Sincerely, Roy & Glynis
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matthew and Nancy Daynard posted a condolence
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Nancy and I express our heartfelt condolences to the Booth family for the loss of Alan. We were fortunate enough to enjoy his company on several occasions on Sanibel and Captiva Islands, as well as his seminal work in The Family:Alone. We join with the family in mourning his passing. His work and love of life lives on.
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